Wow, and that's a multi-decade low [1]!

[1] https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/01/12/as-murders-spi...

It depends on where

In Seattle, I think the homicide closure rate was about 50% pre pandemic, and got a lot worse since then. But also closure != punishment, because not all homicide prosecutions end up being guilty (it's not like the feds with a 99.X% conviction rate once they bring a case).

probably because a lot of the offenders end up being victims. in many situations the problem is self-optimizing.