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>and the murder clearance rate has plunged. So despite fewer murders occuring and record funding, the police are still solving less of them than at any point in
by selectodude 4y ago
>and the murder clearance rate has plunged. So despite fewer murders occuring and record funding, the police are still solving less of them than at any point in recorded history.
Eh, there is no shortage of cops who have gone away for torture and planting evidence to attain those clearance rates. For better or worse, I prefer a low clearance rate than the 99+ percent clearance rate in say, Japan. At least we can be pretty damn sure the people going away for murder right now actually did it.
- jakelazaroff 4y agoI agree with you up until the part where we can be pretty sure the people going away for murder right now did it. This very thread is on an article about how, when a forensic gunshot analysis tool was found to be fabricating evidence, they sued for defamation instead of fixing it. Police still lie and plant evidence all the time, and our carceral system is set up to coerce those suspects into guilty pleas to avoid going to trial. Here’s a Twitter thread with the clearance rate details, if you’re interested [1]. Another damning trend: since the 90s, the decrease in clearance rate has been driven disproportionately by failure to solve murders with Black victims. [1] https://twitter.com/chrishnews/status/1542173173008957441 https://twitter.com/chrishnews/status/1542173173008957441