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• Mayhem University
  At Florida Memorial U, surviving assaults is part of the curriculum.
• Chaos in the Casitas
  Lawless, south of the border style speakeasies get a grip on L.A.
• Getting Off
  DUI lawyer Tyler Flood wins 80 percent of his cases -- even when his clients are really hammered.
• Free After 24 Years
  Darryl Burton served two dozen years for a murder he didn't commit. He forgives you.
• The Parking Wars
  Beatings, stabbings, and just trying to find a parking space in Miami.
• Superthief
  Joshua Paul Calhoun likes to take things. Really big things.
• Saving Alex
  A mother finally gets help for her autistic son -- by having him arrested.
• Backbreaker
  Machine-gun blasts, a half-kilo of blow, and a millionaire chiropractor. WTF?
• The Chef & the Amigo
  A brutal rape at a Palm Beach country club blows the lid off decades of racial tension.
• Till Death Do Us Part
  Gay activist Carol Anne Burger stabs her wife 222 times with a screwdriver.
• Lethally Blonde
  Former teen hooker turns influential anti-immigration crusader -- and accused murderer.
• Meet America's Oldest Man on Death Row
  Viva LeRoy Nash, 93, looks back on two murders and one attempted cop killing.
• A Bronx Bombing Plot
  Without the FBI's help, this group of 'domestic terrorists' couldn't have planned a backyard barbecue
• Rush to Justice
  Miami police scurry to solve murder of a gay meth dealer. Blame Reality TV.
• $6.3 Million in 5 Minutes
  The trail of a brazen French art heist ends in South Florida.
• A Suicide, Philanthropy, and a $100,000 Check
  Where do you take a huge check that doubles as a suicide note? The cops? Or the bank?
• The Caged Life
  Colorado's notorious supermax prison is known as 'The House That Tommy Built.' Meet Tommy.
• The Assassination of Abel Escalante
  The notorious Avenues Gang guns down an L.A. deputy outside his home.
• The Grim Sleeper Returns
  The most elusive serial killer west of the Mississippi took a 13-year break. Now he's back.
• The Death of Raven, a Hollywood Beauty
  A 12-year-old street girl becomes the star of her own tragedy
• Beautiful Loser, Tortured Killer
  A collision of punk-rock egos culminates in a music-scene murder
• Pretty Bad Girls
  A trio of Bay Area femme fatales graduate from drug use and free sex to outright murder
• America's Most Corrupt Sheriff
  National backlash finally hits Joe Arpaio, 'America's Toughest Sheriff,' after years of corruption and deceit
• Send Lawyers, Guns & Strippers
  Rumeal Robinson goes from basketball stardom to strip joint addiction and fraud
• Scary Numbers
  Man, 30, poses as teen, 17, to sodomize girl, 14
• Miami's Rollerblade Bandit
  Michael Everett's strategy for break-ins is like a Reno 911 sketch gone wrong.
• The Jilted Bride of Wisconsin
  Man steals fiance's credit cards, then flies to Hawaii to marry another woman on her dime.
• A Burglar Leaves His Calling Card
  You're not too hard to find when you leave your cell phone at the scene of the crime.