An analysis of city data finds disparities in how the police pursue criminal offenses between white and non-white neighborhoods. “They’ll get a person for marijuana before they’ll get a person for murder.”
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Devon Little is currently serving a life sentence for a murder he says he didn't commit.
Professor David Kennedy on the link between effective investigations and community trust.
Devon Little’s case was the subject of an investigation into how police departments fail to solve shooting cases, leaving perpetrators free to strike again.
Baltimore leaders are pressing the Police Department to direct more resources toward solving…
The likelihood that police will solve homicides and assaults has plummeted — particularly when the culprit uses a gun, and particularly when the victims are black or Hispanic.
A shocking number of shootings go unsolved. In some police departments, hundreds of cases aren't investigated at all.
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