https://www.cbsnews.com/ Crime Without Punishment From CBSNews.com Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:30:25 -0400 5 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/renee-hall-former-dallas-police-chief-police-communities/ Renee Hall, former chief of the Dallas Police Department, is the daughter of a police officer killed in the line of duty. Sat, 02 Jul 2022 10:47:00 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2020/05/31/3f948e54-9c21-4cad-985e-b62025d08ec4/thumbnail/60x60/637d26e114597d3419ead010b76f6190/8705E471397E41EFAC7552F7CD5DF945.jpg a1508947-cd52-4c28-aedd-74a3b8625aa4 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/baltimore-task-force-unsolved-murder-cases/ Officials from more than 20 agencies are working together in a nondescript warehouse, investigating Baltimore's most brazen drug syndicates. Fri, 01 Jul 2022 10:05:00 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/07/01/d1f3e303-0fbf-42f2-93ec-c42a88ccfc8c/thumbnail/60x60/d1ecd8ae8585dbdb2579c83633491892/erek-barron.png af8b7d9f-936d-4f04-b081-efb2c688b2ac https://www.cbsnews.com/news/detroit-homicide-clearance-rates-rise-as-national-rates-fall/ According to the FBI and the Detroit Police Department, homicide clearance rates in the city have risen as the national average has fallen. Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:18:42 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/06/30/c8dda1e6-1e12-4914-be4f-b5c7bdb41167/thumbnail/60x60/776c6e6cde4bd74d20cb743d5bce60b9/detroit.jpg 5c1239f2-9bcb-48f6-a855-fa0adfb84d38 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unsolved-murders-jackson-mississippi-mothers/ Mothers being asked to investigate the murders of their sons has become a reality in Jackson. Thu, 30 Jun 2022 08:19:00 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/06/30/0af53191-e636-4145-84d3-fd1c6f388cdf/thumbnail/60x60/f52cabad9642a6d74aa8a623728b2e29/1656610336685.png c6ff6581-1810-4f79-850f-f781ebc0a275 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-sacramento-county-is-bucking-the-national-trend-of-murder-cases-going-unsolved/ In a collaboration with CBS News, CBS Sacramento is examining why crime is often going without punishment in our country. The national homicide clearance rate is at an all-time low, according to FBI data. Barely half of the murder cases in the United States get solved. Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:09:53 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/06/29/0081989a-d1a9-46f6-afeb-e9f655f02727/thumbnail/60x60/5ea2dc0cd9d189da1a1dd98588018229/cwp-sacramento.jpg ef105b49-bf0c-4ebc-a154-8b04b8242c70 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crime-without-punishment-homicide-clearance-rates-are-declining-across-the-u-s-baltimores-is-down-to-42/ A CBS News analysis of FBI homicide data shows Baltimore City's average clearance rate from 2015 to 2019 was just 38.7%, hitting a low of 29.7% in 2015, the tumultuous year when Freddie Gray was killed in police custody and arrests plummeted. Wed, 29 Jun 2022 11:07:36 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/06/29/bce1700a-6352-4c5a-920e-0e8afb3cdfb2/thumbnail/60x60/5a3c6eced3646122996012b513dcaa89/cwp-baltimore.jpg e3b69bf0-02f7-46d6-9d9d-80e9b6984fd7 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crime-without-punishment-homicide-clearance-rates-are-dropping-in-philadelphia-as-murder-rates-skyrocket/ The murder rate in Philadelphia was 499 in 2020. That's a 40% increase from 2019. Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:43:00 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/06/29/854570af-f253-4af4-a722-f5b5ee4ad263/thumbnail/60x60/7afb8b3f70b75bdc6caf6768e13b6cb9/cwp-philly.jpg b8cbb8c4-8459-4f75-b0b5-5155374ec39e https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unsolved-murders-philadelphia-police-ability-to-close-cases/ CBS News analyzed decades of unsolved murders across the country, and found stark racial disparities in the clearance rates — the share of cases each year that are solved. Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:26:00 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/06/29/0cb68ad3-208b-4e55-b4ce-38ccf0def368/thumbnail/60x60/af8ae1a2851109d360708136c3df1248/image005.png 62b0dc38-8129-457b-917e-233bda97f06f https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unsolved-murders-crime-without-punishment/ Murders are going unsolved at a historic pace, and police are far less likely to solve cases when the victim is Black or Hispanic, a CBS News investigation has found. Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:25:00 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/06/29/e1a76cb3-4e89-4ca3-9881-67456f9a33b5/thumbnail/60x60/38d6f255c62a393b9ad9723be9ec0ff5/gettyimages-635338110.jpg e2c73fc0-33eb-43ba-926a-d8e1e94cd8b9 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-cbs-news-analyzed-homicide-solve-rates-across-the-country/ The investigative team at CBS News wanted to understand how police were addressing this nearly unprecedented spike in murders – and why many were going unsolved. Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:07:00 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/06/28/5b04b7cd-1ff8-4371-b7d3-1819b78eb8f5/thumbnail/60x60/127b135b0dc1d9edfbabe398e5a936ad/screen-shot-2022-06-28-at-7-16-13-pm.png 3b8694fe-9268-49d0-9640-0bc08076a39c