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RE: KASPAR LETTER

October 23, 2024 - 00:00

I’m happy when my opinion columns get a response. Because people get both sides of an issue. My Oct, 8 column declared the U.S. crime rate is falling. A writer, Marcus Kaspar, did not agree.He wrote it’s because “state attorneys and local district attorneys” aren’t prosecuting some crimes and aren’t reporting that to federal law enforcement agencies so the lower crime rate count is wrong. The Heritage Foundation wrote in February 2022 these “rogue prosecutors” are increasing the crime rate by not charging people with minor crimes, leading to a “revolving- door criminal justice system where offenders – even violent ...

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