The Philadelphia Inquirer reports:
The chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said yesterday that he would order a comprehensive review of Philadelphia's troubled criminal justice system in response to what he called "alarming and serious trends."
There more:
In the four-day series published last month, The Inquirer reported on the results of its statistical analysis of 31,000 violent-crime cases filed since 2006.
The paper found that nearly two-thirds of all defendants charged with violent crimes were escaping conviction on all charges.
The newspaper also reported that Philadelphia had the highest crime rates among the nation's 10 most populous cities for murder, rape, robbery, and serious assault - even as its conviction rate was at rock bottom among large urban counties.
Just think, some Philadelphia politicians think Chicago style gun control will improve things. Great moments in Blue America.
