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A California prisoner's family waited for hours Tuesday at a bus station in El Centro, but never got a chance to celebrate Reggie Cole's release from custody. Cole was convicted of murder in 1994, but the California Innocence Project helped overturn the conviction last year. However, he killed a man while in serving time at Calipatria State Prison and that's holding up his release. We discuss the case with attorneys from the California Innocence Project.

Scott Roeder, 52, had confessed to killing Kansas Dr. George Tiller, one of the few U.S. doctors who performed late abortions. At Roeder's sentencing Thursday, the judge had to decide whether he could be eligible for parole in 25 years or 50. He chose the latter, saying evidence showed Roeder stalked Tiller before killing him.

Registered sex offender John Albert Gardner III, the man charged in the death of Poway teen Chelsea King, allegedly hid a MySpace page from state prison officials while under their supervision, it was reported Thursday.

Scott Roeder, guilty of murdering Kansas doctor George Tiller, will be sentenced Thursday in Wichita. Prosecutors are pushing for life without parole for 50 years; anti-abortion activists say that's too much.

An anti-crime group filed suit in San Diego today to stop the release of California inmates. This is the second attempt by the group to get a district judge to consider its case.

In 2008, historian Tony Judt was diagnosed with ALS, a progressive motor-neuron disease. For the past several months, Judt has been writing a series of essays for The New York Review of Books, charting life in what he calls a "progressive imprisonment without parole."

If you think San Diego's North County is a sleepy, bucolic area where nothing happens, think again. Our editors take a look at what's going on north of the 56, including the rejection of a major development, the continuing fallout from the murders of Chelsea King and Amber Dubois and the ever-changing roster of candidates for offices in Poway.

California air regulators have reversed a mandate that required sun-reflecting glass to be installed on all vehicles sold in the state.

In the wake of the rape and murder of 17-year old Chelsea King, some people are calling for tougher laws to regulate sex offenders. Others say the laws we have aren't working. We look at what's being proposed, what laws are in place and what needs to change.

The parents of Chelsea King are speaking out to push for tougher laws against violent sexual predators. Brent and Kelly King say they want to change laws so other parents don’t have to go through what they’re going through.