Crime in the U.S. state of Virginia has generally decreased from 2008 to 2014. Overall, there were 177,060 crimes reported in 2014 in Virginia, including...
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In 2014 there were 43,236 crimes reported in the U.S. state of West Virginia, including 74 murders. In 2008 there were 51,376 crimes reported in West Virginia...
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Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United...
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Virginia Hill (born Onie Virginia Hill; August 26, 1916 – March 24, 1966) was an American organized crime figure. An Alabama native, she became a Chicago...
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Cannabis in Virginia is legal for medical use and recreational use. The first medical marijuana dispensary opened in August 2020, and adult recreational...
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abolished in Virginia on March 24, 2021, when Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill into law. The law took effect on July 1, 2021. Virginia is the 23rd...
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the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. Seung-Hui Cho, an undergraduate student...
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Seung-Hui Cho (redirect from Virginia tech killer)
the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. Cho killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols on April 16, 2007, at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg...
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D.C. sniper attacks (category Crime in Richmond, Virginia)
three weeks in October 2002 throughout the Washington metropolitan area, consisting of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, and preliminary...
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Montie Rissell (category Crimes in Virginia)
Pocahontas State Correctional Center in Virginia. Rissell was featured in season 1, episode 4 of the 2017 Netflix crime drama, Mindhunter; actor Sam Strike...
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West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east...
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television, in 1974 Crime in Virginia R. Budd Dwyer, the former state treasurer of Pennsylvania who shot himself on live television, in 1987 List of...
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A hate crime (also known a bias crime) is crime where a perpetrator targets a victim because of their physical appearance or perceived membership of a...
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city's crime rate has decreased considerably from its 1980s peak. In 2017, there were 267 murders in Detroit - down from 303 in 2016. The violent crime rate...
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Crime in Washington, D.C., is directly related to the city's demographics, geography, and unique criminal justice system. The District's population reached...
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2022). "Alan Dershowitz's Accuser Virginia Giuffre Reveals When Trial Might Begin — and She Intends to Testify". Law & Crime. Retrieved July 20, 2022. Scannell...
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Virginia Madsen (born September 11, 1961) is an American actress. She is the recipient of two Critics' Choice Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, and...
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Clery Act (redirect from Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act)
Campus Crime Statistics Act or Clery Act, signed in 1990, is a federal statute codified at 20 U.S.C. § 1092(f), with implementing regulations in the U...
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Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast...
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This is a list of organized crime in the 1940s, arranged chronologically. James J. Hines, the leader of Tammany Hall, the New York City Democratic organization...
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Crime in Minnesota encompasses a wide range of unlawful activities that occur within the state, regulated by both state and federal laws. While crime...
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territories by violent crime rate. It is typically expressed in units of incidents per 100,000 individuals per year; thus, a violent crime rate of 300 (per...
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colloquially known as C'ville,[pronunciation?] is an independent city in Virginia, United States. It is the seat of government of Albemarle County, which...
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fredericksburgva.gov. Retrieved March 2, 2018. "Virginia State Police – Crime in Virginia Publication". vsp.virginia.gov. David Leip. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U...
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crime is an illegal act that typically either directly involves only the perpetrator or occurs between consenting adults. Because it is consensual in...
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related to Virginia Rappe. Works by or about Virginia Rappe at the Internet Archive Virginia Rappe at IMDb Virginia Rappe Home-Page (in German) Crime Library...
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Gambino crime family (pronounced [ɡamˈbiːno]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities...
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Martinsville Seven (category Crimes in Virginia)
that since Virginia started use of the electric chair, only black men had been executed for rape in the state for what was a non-lethal crime. Though Governor...
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mass shooting occurred at a municipal building in the Princess Anne area of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The gunman, DeWayne Craddock, who was a disgruntled...
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cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America...
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