>The only major crime statistic that I’ll trust is the murder rate. It’s the only one that can’t be faked. It absolutely can and has been. [1] > Photos of th

>The only major crime statistic that I’ll trust is the murder rate. It’s the only one that can’t be faked. It absolutely can and has been. [1] > Photos of the teenager’s corpse show a deep cut on his right arm, horrific bruising on his neck and chest. His face is swollen and covered with cuts. A silhouette of violence runs from the corner of his left eye over the cheekbone to his jaw, and his legs are pocked with small burns the size of a lighted cigarette. But police in Japan’s Aichi prefecture saw something else when they looked at the body of Takashi Saito, a 17-year-old sumo wrestler who arrived at a hospital in June. The cause of death was “heart disease,” police declared. [1] https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-09-fg-autopsy9-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-09-fg-autop...