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Sunday, October 01, 2006
Courts - "When the PUNISHMENT doesn't fit the CRIME"
"When the PUNISHMENT doesn't fit the CRIME: Murder deals, dismissals anger victims' families - Jefferson County prosecutors cite difficulties with witnesses and evidence in cases." Those are the headlines to a lengthy report this morning in the Louisville Courier Journal by Jason Riley. The thesis:
A Courier-Journal analysis of 71 completed murder cases between 2003 and 2005 shows that Jefferson County's record for prosecuting accused murderers lags far behind the national average by multiple measures.Here is the home page for Special Report, including more stories, videos, graphics (such as this chart which vividly illustrates its point), and an "online database and map of every Jefferson County homicide since 2003."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 1, 2006 07:43 AM
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