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>> As an approximation, all of the murders from fifteen years ago, back when murder rates were much higher, are still in prison today.

The author is unaware of the fact that in recent years, the murder rate in South Carolina has increased to meet or exceed what it was 15 years ago

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/north-charleston-among-c...

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I'm not sure the author is unaware of that. The last paragraph explicitly calls this out.

>> Secondly, the rate of homicides in the US has been going up quite a bit for the past two years. This is supposedly a localized effect of a few high crime cities, but even in South Carolina the number of people in prison for murder has gone up by about 10% in just the last four years. This is concerning.

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