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Re:The Zodiac Killer's most uncrackable cipher has, at last,... by jimbob45 on Friday December 11, 2020 @06:30PM (#25393116)
What is the “clearance rate” of a homicide? I see you’ve used that phrase a few times here and it’s keeping me from understanding your contributions.
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Re:The Zodiac Killer's most uncrackable cipher has, at last,... by chordalkeyboard on Friday December 11, 2020 @06:41PM (#25393241)
The number of murders 'cleared' divided by the number of murders recorded. What makes a crime cleared or not depends on who is doing to measuring but consider it to relate to whether the government thinks that they have enough evidence to charge someone with the crime.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearance_rate

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