In addition to the video vignette, other digital content that will be made available during the premiere includes a coroner's report for the murder victim, a crime-scene photo that only gets briefly displayed on TV and a middle-school report card for Bullet.

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According to a government report published in January, arrests for murder, rape and robbery declined sharply between 1990 and 1996.

ECONOMIST: Prisoners

The report urges that the time has come for a move to fixed sentences for murder as with any other individual crime.

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