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P. Rockwell
P. Rockwell
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Oct-17-2005 20:28

from cnn.org

2004, the number of violent crimes dropped 1.2 percent to 1,367,009 from 1,383,676 in 2003.

One murder occurred in the United States every 32.6 minutes, and the murder rate dropped 3.3 percent to 5.5 per 100,000 people (16,137 offenses).The number of murder cases was down by nearly 400 from the previous year.

The report said the number of murder victims and the total of suspects were both nearly equally divided by race. Most suspects were adult men using firearms, and about one in five murder victims was female.

Last year there were 401,326 robberies, down about 13,000 from 2003, and the robbery rate dropped 4.1 percent to 136.7 per 100,000 people.

Arrests were made in 62 percent of murder cases, 55 percent of aggravated assault cases, 42 percent of rape cases and 26 percent of robbery cases, according to the report.

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Can you believe only 62% are solved??? Alright CIA I know a bunch of detectives you should hired ASAP....(that just got me on a government watch list didn't it)

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Moon Lighter
Moon Lighter
Well-Connected

Oct-17-2005 20:56

lol...probably :)

That is a unbelievable percentage though.

Dionne Dawson
Dionne Dawson

Oct-17-2005 22:59

So the number of crimes dropped after sleuth started??

hazelnini
hazelnini

Oct-17-2005 23:34

lol, funny facts tho right? I read on MSNBC today that althought there is a drop in murder cases this past year, the rape cases increased.

LastTrain
LastTrain

Oct-18-2005 06:48

Wow, 38% of murder cases go unsolved. I'm sure some of that has to do with gang-related and/or drug-related murders, where nobody will talk even if they do know what happened. But still, 38% overall? Yikes.

LastTrain
LastTrain

Oct-18-2005 06:54

Actually, I shouldn't even say 'unsolved' because the 62% was arrests, and obviously not all arrests end up in convictions.

Elka
Elka
Well-Connected

Oct-18-2005 07:24

u guys should read news from Trinidad.. a few ppl r terrorising the country and nothing seems to be done..


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