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The Excerpt: Crime stats show improvement. Why do so many believe it's never been worse?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn a special episode (first released on January 17, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Crime in 2023 saw one of the largest declines in history. According to the FBI, murder is down double digits ...
New York state’s Clean Slate law doesn’t keep convictions sealed from everyone
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 5 months agoNick LaLota Statement: Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically...
Homicide rates dropped in big cities. Why has the nation's capital seen a troubling rise?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWASHINGTON – After Lisha Quarles’ son was gunned down in front of his church last fall, her...
Akron homicides in 2023 reach lowest rate in years; murders drop to pre-pandemic levels
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThings are trending in a positive direction when it comes to homicides in Akron. The number of...
Elon Musk And Joe Rogan’s Robin Hood Podcast Moment Is... Something
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJoe Rogan was ridiculed for trying to play Robin Hood when he invited Tesla CEO and X owner Elon...
Rachel Mitchell is holding a New York murder suspect for all the wrong reasons
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMaricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell has refused to extradite Raad Almansoori to New York City,...
Florida crime is down, report says, but the full picture is muddled
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCrime in Florida fell to a 50-year low in 2021, state officials announced this week along with the release of a report showing decreases in both violent crime and property crime. But experts ...
Target Shuts Stores as Criminal Justice Reform Gets Mugged
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAnthony Behar/Sipa USA/Newscom There are different ways to rein in cops when they're out of hand:...
Donald Trump used to brag about the First Step Act. Not any more.
Semafor via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe News The First Step Act, Donald Trump’s marquee criminal justice reform package, became a...
Homicides rose in 2021, but FBI data incomplete
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChanges to the bureau's data collection program prevented nearly half of law enforcement agencies — including police in New York City and Los Angeles —...