I'm not sure the author is unaware of that. The last paragraph explicitly calls this out. >> Secondly, the rate of homicides in the US has been going up quite

I'm not sure the author is unaware of that. The last paragraph explicitly calls this out. >> Secondly, the rate of homicides in the US has been going up quite a bit for the past two years. This is supposedly a localized effect of a few high crime cities, but even in South Carolina the number of people in prison for murder has gone up by about 10% in just the last four years. This is concerning.