Number	24330
Subject	Courts
Source	Philadelphia Inquirer
State	PA
Year	2009
Publication Date	12/13/2009; 12/14/2009; 12/15/2009; 12/16/2009; 10/2010
Summary	This series “documented a Philadelphia court system deep in crisis.” The court system has the “nation’s lowest conviction rates, highest fugitives rates, endemic witness intimidation and a failure to punish crimes of gun violence.” To produce these results, the Inquirer conducted data analysis and found the rates from murder, rape, assault, robbery and illegal gun possession.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	58
Keywords	Court system; Murder; Rape; Robbery; Assault; Illegal gun possession; Defendants; Philadelphia; Crime; Violence; Conviction; Justice system
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