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foxfarmboxers
12-09-2008, 08:51 AM
AP IMPACT: More are getting away with murder in US
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Digg Facebook Newsvine del.icio.us Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Bookmarks Print By KAREN HAWKINS, Associated Press Writer Karen Hawkins, Associated Press Writer – Mon Dec 8, 5:30 pm ET AP – An undated family photo shows Filmon Tesfai, left, and his younger sister, Arsema. Filmon was killed … CHICAGO – Despite the rise of DNA fingerprinting and other "CSI"-style crime-fighting wizardry, more and more people in this country are getting away with murder. FBI figures reviewed by The Associated Press show that the homicide clearance rate, as detectives call it, dropped from 91 percent in 1963 — the first year records were kept in the manner they are now — to 61 percent in 2007.



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Alibar
12-11-2008, 11:24 PM
Due to all the forensic info, I've thought just the opposite.

rockford2
12-12-2008, 09:45 AM
Due to all the forensic info, I've thought just the opposite.

maybe getting away with murder before they are finally caught? :shrug1:

TigressPen
12-12-2008, 11:44 AM
maybe getting away with murder before they are finally caught? :shrug1:


The main problem with it is that the labs have such a huge backlog they can't catch up. :(

rockford2
12-12-2008, 04:15 PM
The main problem with it is that the labs have such a huge backlog they can't catch up. :(


Oh I can believe that! I think forensic science is a great study for college students.