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Vital City | New York’s Devilish Assault Problem

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What’s driving it and what’s next?

Through June 2026, New York City recorded its fewest murders and shootings ever in the first half of a year. Violence seems to be abating, but assaults are a glaring exception.

Assault complaints, both misdemeanor and felony, have risen 20% since 2019, and felony assaults, the more serious type, are up 43% over that period. Under New York law, felony assaults generally involve serious injury, a weapon or a protected victim like a police officer. In 2025, they made up 38% of nearly 80,000 assaults and 63.1% of all major violent crimes in the city.

— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/new-yorks-devilish-assault-problem/

Philly DA: Police Oversight Commission chair sold confidential case info through public defender job

Hassan Bennett, chair of the Philadelphia Citizens Police Oversight Commission, was arrested on bribery charges in connection with selling confidential information he obtained through his job as a bail navigator at the public defender’s office. | KYW Newsradio
— Read on www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/hassan-bennett-arrest-selling-data-public-defenders

NYC Council to weigh changes to juvenile jails as assaults and overcrowding rise – Gothamist

The City Council is holding a hearing Tuesday to consider several bills aimed at reducing the youth detention population and improving conditions for those who remain.
— Read on gothamist.com/news/nyc-council-to-weigh-changes-to-juvenile-jails-as-assaults-and-overcrowding-rise

Christa Pike, Child Rape Victim, Faces Execution for Crime She Committed as a Teenager — Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide

When Tennessee sentenced Christa Pike to death on March 30th, 1996, for a crime she committed as an eighteen-year-old, she became the youngest woman to receive a death sentence in the modern era. As the judge sentenced her to die, Christa—her face still sprinkled with adolescent acne—sobbed uncontrollably and called out for her mother. If the State carries out her execution, it will be the first time Tennessee has executed a woman since 1819.
— Read on dpw.lawschool.cornell.edu/advocacy/christa-pike/