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Lawrence Sherman | Philadelphia's journey in the fight against crime
by Lawrence Sherman | December 11, 2007 1:00AM
While this has not been a good year for crime in Philadelphia, better days may be coming soon. The election of Penn graduate Michael Nutter as our next Mayor, and Nutter's appointment of former Washington, DC police chief Charles Ramsey as the next police commissioner holds the promise of a far more systematic effort to fight crime than our city has ever seen.
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