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America’s miraculous murder decline

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Over the last two years, crime rates have been plunging in cities across America. In Baltimore, gun crime is at the lowest it’s been in decades.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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Young men at ROCA, a Baltimore non-profit serving youth at risk of gun violence. Photo by Miles Bryan.
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