Re: nobody gives a damn about the UFOs .. / I heard one

Greg Ritter (gritter@FELIX.VCU.EDU)
Fri, 22 Mar 1996 14:55:24 EST

> Oh, and I think I read yesterday that 373 men and one woman
have been
> executed in the U.S. since 1977. And gun homicides per year?
The figure
> 10,000 sticks in my mind, for some reason. Not sure that's
accurate, but it
> sounds about right. A few hundred die in D.C. each year alone,
as I recall
> from when I lived there.

DC, Detroit, and my hometown, Richmond, VA, have been battling
out for murder capital of the country since the late 80's. I
think it's been every year for the last 7 that Richmond has
placed in the top 5 in per capita murders. They've never nailed
#1, but they've made it to #2 several times. A dubious honor.

Most of the violence in Richmond is drug-related, Richmond
apparently being a convenient and favorite stop on the Interstate
95 route of the Miami-New York drug runs.

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Greg Ritter
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