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I agree. It seems more or less impossible to commit a heinous crime these days and get away with it. I admit it's one positive outcome of our "surveillance state" (and I'm not implying Big Brother — people put Ring doorbells on their front doors, businesses and banks install cameras for security, etc).



The United Kingdom is nothing if not a surveillance state, and their crime clearance rates are lower than ever. They seem to have a different set of priorities for their state surveillance apparatus.


Looking at the homicide clearance stats of cities near where the Zodiac killer was active, it looks like getting away with it is at least as easy as it ever was.


Not true. Homicides are not equal nobody cares if a drug dealer is found dismembered. Totally rando civilians getting killed is what society cares about and those are down.


All homicides are down but clearance rates are terrible. I don't know of there is objective evidence to support your claims that murders of randos are routinely solved.


On the contrary. Unsolved heinous crimes are still common. Here is one that disturbs me greatly. It is still unsolved to this day.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Oakland-Chinese-Ch...




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