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More people are getting away with murder. Unsolved killings reach a record high

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Saint Columba Catholic Church in Oakland, Calif., commemorates every murder in the city with wooden crosses in its front garden. The city's homicide rate remains stubbornly high while its murder clearance rate remains well under the already low national average. (Eric Westervelt/NPR)
Saint Columba Catholic Church in Oakland, Calif., commemorates every murder in the city with wooden crosses in its front garden. The city's homicide rate remains stubbornly high while its murder clearance rate remains well under the already low national average. (Eric Westervelt/NPR)

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