Show KILLERS SET FREE BY PAROLE BOARDS highest murder ratio in in arkansas says sat s reports report wash washington ington chances of being bein murdered apparently are greatest an in arkansas la ans and alabama cities and least in maine Verni vermont ont rhode island dakota and nevada till this was indicated by a compilation by the justice department division of investigation of 0 crime reports from 1307 cities for the first brat six months of the year the report also showed that hundreds of killers killeri and other dangerous criminals are being turned loose by parole boards and other agencies in a tabulation by states the highest rate in the country tor for murder slid and the more serious types of manslaughter was recorded for the reporting arkansas cities with a rate of per of population alabama was second with the department however pointed out that data for these states dates was based on an reports from a comparatively few cities and might not indicate general conditions had no murders murder during the six months reporting cities in maine vermont rhode island south dakota and nevada had no murders new hampshire massachusetts chu connecticut and wisconsin reported a rate of less than one per data for or individual cities was presented only for those in excess of ON in this class the highest murder rate was 15 per in chattanooga tenn jacksonville fla had a rate of and memphis tenn for the entire group of 1307 reporting cities there were 1840 murders burld during the six months ahing the general rate of 32 per of population the ilie same cities reported totals of 1642 cases of manslaughter due to negligence 1380 1390 rapes 22 7 robberies cases of breaking and entering larcenies larce nies and automobile thefts in general the picture of crime conditions presented in these figures showed little change from recent years robberies and automobile thefts showed material declines but other offenses continue at a high rate old offenders cause concern law enforcement officials were greatly concerned over data showing 1 ae 1 l lie number of persons who had been previously convicted anil and were arrested ag xin duria the six months data froni charts sent here by police throughout the hie country sl showed loed that 9 previously convicted were seized on new charges of these were persons who had been convicted of criminal homicide sixteen of these were charged with w etli new murders furthermore it was shown that of tile the arrested persons parsons had committed new offenses while hile out on ila parole in this group rodi were who had been convicted of homicide liftin icide but never had finished their present berins terms |