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In May 2021 the appeal was denied. [16] In February 2024, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall took over the case, stripping Montgomery District Attorney Darryl Bailey of his role as prosecutor. On February 21, 2024, Marshall agreed to a plea deal from Smith, allowing him to be released from prison on time served. [17]
In 2020 there have been, in Jefferson County alone, 134 homicides, including 95 in the state's biggest city, Birmingham. [11] In 2021, the violent crime rate dipped by 2% from 5.2 incidents per 1,000 from 5.1 in 2020. Alabama is still 38% higher than the national average in Violent and Property crime.
Montgomery records highest homicides total. [33] 2021 - Montgomery records highest homicide rate in history. At 77 homicides. 2023 - On August 6, 2023, a violent brawl largely along racial lines occurs when three White men attack a Black co-captain of the Harriott II riverboat on a dock in Riverfront Park. [34]
The city saw its highest number of people killed in criminal homicides in 2021.
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American cities saw a historic drop in homicides in 2023, bucking a sharp rise during the pandemic, according to a data tracker. There were 8,656 homicides in 177 U.S. cities over the past year ...
However, crime rose in the 2010s and early 2020s, leading to a record high of over 320 shooting victims and over 77 homicide victims in 2021. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] In 2022 Montgomery's violent crime rate was 514 per 100,000, earning only a crime score rating of 9/100. [ 73 ]
Montgomery (4) Alabama: 1 4 5: Five people, including two children, were injured in a shooting at an apartment complex in southeast Montgomery. One of the wounded died six days later. [107] October 21: King County: Washington: 5 1 6: A 15-year-old boy fatally shot three of his siblings and his parents at their home west of Snoqualmie. One of ...