Joe sullivan believes that to reduce gun violence, people need to know there's a good chance they'll be punished if they're caught with an illegal gun. Under krasner, if your body goes to court, they drop the felony charge and let im walk out the door on the misdemeanor charge. Tom went to a nearby mall to get new clothes. He'd left his job at a hospital during the pandemic because he was worried about bringing home covid. Nikitha son dominic late last march. She never said which more he was going to he just on disagreet mea outfit. And i said, ok, and e's always to be safe. You know
America's homicide rate rose by almost 30 percent in 2020. It was the biggest spike in 60 years, and the murder rate was even higher in 2021. In this repodcast, ProPublica’s Alec MacGillis explains what might be causing “The Great Regression."
Today’s show was reported and produced by Miles Bryan, Jillian Weinberger, and Alec MacGillis, with editing help from Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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