On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:17:48 GMT, grant kinsley wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:32:15 GMT, NotMyName
> wrote:
>>In a banner headline story across page B1 of the Edmonton Journal for
>>today 21 July 2006, Statistics Canada reports that Edmonton Canada is
>>now the crime capital of Canada!
>>The Edmonton region homicide/murder rate is documented at 4.3 per
>>100,000 people, compared to only 2.0 for crime-ridden Toronto!!
>which is still better than America's third safest city (Colorado
>Springs)
>G
>>And, the Edmonton stats do not include bodies found outside the area,
>>from the notorious Edmonton serial killer of female prostitiutes!
>>And the city wonders why it is getting such bad international
>>publicity, mainly caused by the crooked cops, who apparently can not
>>even catch a cold, let alone the serial murderer, who is suspected by
>>many, to be either a cop, judge or criminologist.
>>On 20 Jul 2006 18:27:16 -0700, gregpcarr@yahoo.ca wrote:
>>>http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/20072006/6/n-canada-murder-rate-shoots-decade-high.html
>>>Murder rate shoots up to decade-high
>>>Thu Jul 20, 3:38 PM
>>>OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's murder rate shot up last year to its
>>>highest in nearly a decade, putting the country's peace-loving
>>>reputation on the line.
>>> Statistics Canada said 658 people were murdered last year, meaning the
>>>homicide rate was up 4 percent from 2004. It gave no reason for the
>>>increase, which followed a dramatic 13 percent jump in 2004.
>>>
>>>The national homicide rate was 2 per 100,000 population, Statscan said.
>>>That is relatively low by international standard and less than half
>>>that of the U.S. rate, which was 5.5 per 100,000 in 2004, according to
>>>the FBI.
>>>
>>>Canadians were shocked last year by a spate of shooting deaths in
>>>Toronto, where the homicide rate jumped 9 percent. However, Edmonton,
>>>the capital of the western province of Alberta, was the most
>>>murder-ridden place to be last year, with 4.3 homicides per 100,000
>>>people.
>>>
>>>Another high-profile case involved four Royal Canadian Mounted Police
>>>officers being shot dead in March last year as they investigated a
>>>farmhouse in Alberta. The gunman killed himself.
>>>
>>>The growing number of shooting deaths has put pressure on the
>>>government to clamp down on handguns.
>>>
>>>Other serious violent crimes such as attempted murder and assaults with
>>>a weapon also rose last year but the overall crime rate fell 5 percent
>>>because fewer non-violent crimes were reported.
>>>
>>>The national crime rate has been relatively stable since 1999.
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>>>So much for the frequently touted lie that the murder rate in this
>>>country is falling. Bring back capital punishment for murder when there
>>>is no doubt.
An executed criminal will never re-offend.
Plus, the state will then save the exorbitant costs of incarceration! |