DC On Pace To Finish Year With Fewer Than 100 Homicides

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The nation’s capital has become a decidedly less violent place over the last few decades, and the improvement to public safety has the city on track to make 2012 a milestone year.

With the number of killings for 2012 currently at 78, the District of Columbia is on pace to finish the year with fewer than 100 homicides for the first time since 1963, the Associated Press reports

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