Crime Without Punishment | CBS Reports
In this CBS Reports documentary, Jim Axelrod peels back the curtain on a sobering reality of a justice system in crisis: For roughly half of the people murdered in America, no one is arrested for the crime.
A look at unsolved murders in America
In a collaboration with CBS News, we examine a crime often going without punishment in our country. CBS2's Ali Bauman takes a closer look at racial disparities in homicide closure rates at the NYPD.
Barely half of murder cases in the United States get solved. The national homicide clearance rate is at an all-time low, according to FBI data. Oakland and San Francisco are seeing a large difference on solved cases, as Wilson Walker reports.
Barely half of murder cases in the U.S. get solved. The national homicide clearance rate is at an all-time low, according to FBI data. In the mid-1960s, more than 90% of murders were solved, generally resulting in the arrests. By 1990, that percentage fell into the 60s. Then, by 2020, as homicides surged, the national clearance rate dropped to about 50% for the first time ever.
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.
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.
Officials from more than 20 agencies are working together in a nondescript warehouse, investigating Baltimore's most brazen drug syndicates.
Mothers being asked to investigate the murders of their sons has become a reality in Jackson.
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.
Renee Hall, former chief of the Dallas Police Department, is the daughter of a police officer killed in the line of duty.
According to data analyzed by CBS News, the national homicide clearance rate has been improving for cases involving white victims, but falling for Black and Hispanic victims.
According to the FBI and the Detroit Police Department, homicide clearance rates in the city have risen as the national average has fallen.
An analysis of FBI crime data by CBS 2 has found that LAPD's homicide clearance rate has ebbed over the years in a way that is concerning.
Chicago Police have low arrest rates, but higher rates for cleared or closed cases. We dig into what's behind those numbers.
New research by the CBS News Innovation Lab shows the likelihood of a murder being solved in the US is significantly lower when the victims are Black or Hispanic.
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.
In Miami-Dade, the clearance rate for homicides in 2020 was 43%
Unsolved murders are a growing concern nationwide.
The murder rate in Philadelphia was 499 in 2020. That's a 40% increase from 2019.
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.
Murder, according to the FBI, is the most likely crime to be solved in the US, but nationally the rate of success has been in decline for years.
In a collaboration with CBS News, KDKA Investigates examines crime often going without punishment in our country.
The day after Terrell Mayes, Jr. celebrated Christmas with his family, the 3-year-old and his siblings heard gunshots. A stray bullet struck Terrell as he ran up the stairs inside his north Minneapolis home. For more than a decade, WCCO has followed his grieving mother's push to find her son's killer.
Denver police has made many changes in the decades since the shocking murder of Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams, including building a $28 million state-of-the-art crime lab.
In a collaboration with CBS News, KPIX 5 is examining a crime often going without punishment in our country. Barely half of murder cases in the United States get solved.
Earlier this month, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the highly-restrictive 160-year-old law that bans nearly all abortions can be enforced.
It comes over a year after a shooting at a Nashville school killed three children and three adults.
Jurors in former President Donald Trump's trial in New York heard testimony from a former media executive about his efforts to bury negative stories about Trump before the 2016 presidential election.
Ryan Watson could face at least 12 years in prison in Turks and Caicos after airport security allegedly found four rounds of hunting ammo in his carry-on.
This will be the first General Conference since more than 7,600 mostly conservative congregations left the United Methodist Church between 2019 and 2023.
Tesla reports slide in earnings and revenue, but investors cheered by pledge to accelerate rollout of cheaper vehicles.
Regulators prohibit new noncompetes, which impede millions of U.S. workers from getting a better job.
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UnitedHealth said it paid the criminals behind attack that crippled hospitals and pharmacies to protect sensitive patient data.
Former President Donald Trump could receive a large windfall from his newly public media company, Trump Media & Technology Group.
Earlier this month, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the highly-restrictive 160-year-old law that bans nearly all abortions can be enforced.
It comes over a year after a shooting at a Nashville school killed three children and three adults.
Jurors in former President Donald Trump's trial in New York heard testimony from a former media executive about his efforts to bury negative stories about Trump before the 2016 presidential election.
"He's ultimately responsible," former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Former New York Rep. George Santos is no longer running for Congress, he announced Tuesday on X.
UnitedHealth said it paid the criminals behind attack that crippled hospitals and pharmacies to protect sensitive patient data.
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To reduce recidivism, some rural counties are hiring community health workers or peer support specialists to connect people leaving custody to mental health, substance use treatment, medical services and jobs.
Ryan Watson could face at least 12 years in prison in Turks and Caicos after airport security allegedly found four rounds of hunting ammo in his carry-on.
This will be the first General Conference since more than 7,600 mostly conservative congregations left the United Methodist Church between 2019 and 2023.
A group representing pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University claims the school has threatened to request deployment of National Guard troops and NYPD officers to get demonstrators to break up their encampment on campus.
"He's ultimately responsible," former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Six men have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the drug's transport, a Swedish customs official said.
Surprise guests, a broken foot and a history-making headliner.
Eric Church is revered as one of country music's most respected figures, often described as Nashville's renegade. But he admits that even after his success, he sometimes still sees himself as an outsider.
Angel Carter Conrad talks about her brother Aaron Carter, his death and how she hopes his legacy and previously unheard music can help others.
Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress Bebe Neuwirth is back on Broadway, starring as Fraulein Schneider in the new revival of "Cabaret."
Chanel Miller, celebrated for her profound memoir "Know My Name," steps into a new creative realm with her children's book "Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All." The story, both written and illustrated by Miller, follows two young friends on an adventurous quest through New York City to return misplaced socks from Magnolia's parents' laundromat.
NASA's Voyager 1, the first spacecraft to travel beyond our solar system, has started sending information back to Earth again after scientists managed to fix the probe from 15 billion miles away.
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CBS News is investigating a growing number of fraud cases known as romance scams. Chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod explains how victims can unknowingly become perpetrators in the very scams they fall prey to.
Jim Axelrod dives into the world of romance scams, showing how sometimes the victims can also become unwitting accomplices in the scammers' financial crimes.
Don Steven McDougal, a family friend, was indicted by a Polk County grand jury in connection with the death of an 11-year-old girl.
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Larry Webb confessed to shooting and killing Susan and Natasha "Alex" Carter, who had been missing for 24 years, officials said.
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CBS News is investigating a growing number of fraud cases known as romance scams. Chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod explains how victims can unknowingly become perpetrators in the very scams they fall prey to.
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