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I mean...something like half of homicides go unsolved.
by complaintdept 2y ago
I mean...something like half of homicides go unsolved.
- 1992spacemovie 2y ago[flagged]
- dmoy 2y agoIt depends on where In Seattle, I think the homicide closure rate was about 50% pre pandemic, and got a lot worse since then. But also closure != punishment, because not all homicide prosecutions end up being guilty (it's not like the feds with a 99.X% conviction rate once they bring a case).
- gosub100 2y agoprobably because a lot of the offenders end up being victims. in many situations the problem is self-optimizing.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoWow, and that's a multi-decade low [1]! [1] https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/01/12/as-murders-spiked-police-solved-about-half-in-2020 https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/01/12/as-murders-spi...