Prosecutor Larry Jegley distributed a graph this morning showing the homicide count in Pulaski County over a 20-year period.
It’s interesting because the 84 homicides recorded in 2006 — bad as they seemed — were nowhere near a record. That was in 1993, with 111, followed by 101 in 1994, 87 in 1991 and 85 in 1992 (when, additionally, population was smaller.)
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But, no doubt about it, 2006 was not a good year. It was a huge jump in a homicide count that fluctuated between 45 and 65 over the preceding 10 years.