Murderers in America have a 50-percent chance of ‘getting away with it’

Homicide clearance rates have decreased to their lowest level from 71% in 1980 to around 50% in 2020, according to analyses of FBI data by the Marshall Project and Murder Accountability Project.

According to The Daily Mail, America is now at risk of becoming the first developed nation where most murders go uncleared.

Although US police have solved more murders than in any year since 1997, because of the increasing number of homicides, the clearance rate has dramatically declined to a little below 50 percent.

Researchers found that the top five homicide hotspots were Detroit, Michigan, St Louis, Missouri, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Denver, Colorado, was the best-performing of the 50 big cities in the study. To clear a case it requires at least one suspect to be arrested, charged with the offense, and turned over to a court for prosecution.

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