Criminal Justice
Death Sentences Drop To 40-Year Low, Report Finds – NBC News.
I am not a fan of lifetime imprisonment. I don't think we should release broken, dangerous individuals on the streets where they can harm others. Sometimes we should consider the death penalty to both keep society safe and compassionately terminate the lives of individuals that have nothing further to affect to society.
Albany Index Crimes – August 2016
The crime rate increases enough in the summer months, that I can only plot one month of crime data on a Google Map per month.
Why America Incarcerates People, In One Chart – Vox.
Botched Paramilitary Police Raids.
Your tax dollars at work.
Murders Per 100k Population
Murder rates seems correlated to the average temperature of a state. Northern states overwhelmingly have a low murder rate per 100,000 people compared to southern states -- even ignoring the great population differences, with the exception of Michigan which is home to the very troubled city of Detroit.
Data Source: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States_by_state