DC murder rate for 2009 lowest since 1966
Good news: Homicides in Washington hit a 43-year low in 2009. Police say the nation’s capital recorded 143 slayings in 2009, the fewest since 1966. Police had hoped to achieve the lowest total since 1964, when there were 132, but there were three slayings on New Year’s Eve. The homicide total represents a 23 percent [...]



