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After abolition: New Jersey

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Newark, New Jersey’s largest city,  has had only three homicides this year and none in the last thirty-two days, the longest such streak since the ‘67 riots. Since the beginning of the year, Newark has had just three homicides, and it has been 32 days since the last one. That’s the longest stretch without a killing since a 40-day streak in 1963, police say. The lull means that the city’s 10 homicide detectives, each of whom typically handles about 10 investigations a year, suddenly have the time to go back on unsolved cases. In a five-week period ending Monday, detectives have closed seven cases, about twice their usual rate.. . . Law enforcement officials have different theories about the drastic drop in homicides...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).