6,000 prisoners being released early under new federal rules

Up to 40,000 more nonviolent drug offenders may be eligible for early release under government's sentencing reductions

• Oct 30, 2015

Body found in search for American man missing in London

An unidentified body was found by the train tracks between Feltham and Staines stations, near where Josh Sanchez-Maldonado was last seen

• Oct 30, 2015

Conn. man accused of stuffing heroin under kids' bed

Police say the father also had stolen firearms; the children were removed from the home

• Oct 30, 2015

​Polish court: Law forbids extradition of Roman Polanski

But new government to be installed in November is unsympathetic toward filmmaker and may make exception, if U.S. appeals ruling

• Oct 30, 2015

Arrest in Mass. home invasion where teen was tied up

Police have charged a homeless sex offender who allegedly broke into suburban Boston home and bound a 16-year-old girl with duct tape

• Oct 30, 2015

Feds: Couple sold $$$ millions in illegal oxycodone

Feds say pair made enough from illegal painkiller sales to purchase $2 million home

• Oct 30, 2015

Bus driver jailed after allegedly assaulting special needs teen

Students on crowded Iowa bus captured the violent confrontation on their cellphones

• Oct 30, 2015

Experts: Training of school officers is inconsistent

Standards for use of force by police in schools vary widely, official tells Crimesider, after confrontation between South Carolina officer and student; research suggests students more likely to be handcuffed

• Oct 30, 2015

Police: Kentucky fugitive killed in shootout

Floyd Ray Cook, 62-year-old convicted rapist and robber, had been on the run 6 days; woman who spotted him tells of terrifying moments

• Oct 30, 2015

Florida executes man convicted of fatally stabbing ex-wife, daughter

Jerry Correll put to death nearly three decades after being convicted of killing four people, including his 5-year-old daughter

• Oct 29, 2015

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