Governor Bev Perdue has blocked the release of 20 inmate convicted of violent crimes; just one week before they are scheduled to be released early from North Carolina prisons. All of these prisoners were sentence to life for crimes such as murder and rape in the 1970s.
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The Los Angeles Police Department's official online crime map fails to include almost 40% of serious crimes reported in the city over the last six months.
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Despite a recent increase in the U.S. murder rate, it is not yet clear whether the country is facing a new wave of violent crime, says Carnegie Mellon University Professor Alfred Blumstein, an internationally known expert in criminology and crime research.
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