If you suddenly disappear with no markers of violent crime, it’s unlikely they’re going to jump to charging someone with murder on the grounds of “you were once extremely insensitive and rude to her”.
You can thank Dick Wolf for the copaganda that murders and violent crimes get solved, but the reality is most don’t. It’s just uncomfortable to consider how ineffectual the police are given they consume huge portions of local and state budgets.
Oh absolutely, in my city (in Canada) we have the highest paid and least effective cops in the country. Our cops will gear up like they’re in Afghanistan to arrest old grandmas in Fairy Creek but call them about an assault and see if you get someone that night.
You don’t need a body to find someone guilty of murder.
While true, it’s kinda tangential here, no?
If you suddenly disappear with no markers of violent crime, it’s unlikely they’re going to jump to charging someone with murder on the grounds of “you were once extremely insensitive and rude to her”.
I kind of feel like maybe they will do that pretty soon.
Whether or not she gets away with it is small comfort to the dismembered corpse.
Sure but if you’re in the US it’s basically 50/50 you’ll be caught.
You can thank Dick Wolf for the copaganda that murders and violent crimes get solved, but the reality is most don’t. It’s just uncomfortable to consider how ineffectual the police are given they consume huge portions of local and state budgets.
Oh absolutely, in my city (in Canada) we have the highest paid and least effective cops in the country. Our cops will gear up like they’re in Afghanistan to arrest old grandmas in Fairy Creek but call them about an assault and see if you get someone that night.
Not quite 50/50
https://theconversation.com/police-solve-just-2-of-all-major-crimes-143878
Oh for overall crimes, absolutely, I was referring to just murder (https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/01/12/as-murders-spiked-police-solved-about-half-in-2020), but also keep in mind ‘solved’ means ‘we convicted someone’ which, you know…