crime
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They argue that with the dwindling number of cops, officials need to start investing more in community-led efforts that they say prioritize prevention over punishment and would go further in reducing crime.
From Los Angeles Times
The country has a pioneering special court for trying human-rights crimes, staffed with a blend of national and international judges.
From BBC
In the 1990s, the neighborhood was further hollowed out, when rising crime spurred an exodus to the suburb of Richmond, which was soon being described as the most Chinese city in North America.
Cartridge casings recovered near the Utah crime scene were matched through a federal database to an expended casing previously found during a search of Buzzard’s home in Vandenberg Village.
From Los Angeles Times
“What we see in Minnesota is not a handful of bad actors committing crimes. It’s a staggering industrial-scale fraud,” Assistant U.S.
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