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Dec 21, 2025
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Which high-profile criminal cases linked freemasonry to stalking or harassment since 2005?

A review of the supplied reporting finds no documented, high-profile criminal case since 2005 that resulted in a proven, court-adjudicated link between Freemasonry and organized stalking or harassment...

Dec 12, 2025
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How reliable are national datasets (NCANDS, NIBRS, FBI) for comparing child sexual abuse by racial group?

NCANDS and NIBRS are national, voluntary reporting systems that collect child‑abuse and crime data used in federal reports, but both have structural limits that complicate direct racial‑group comparis...

Dec 3, 2025
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does african american commit more crime despite having small pouplation

Data from multiple sources show Black Americans are over‑represented in arrest and homicide statistics relative to their share of the U.S. population: for example, Black people were about 12.2–13% of ...

Dec 17, 2025

What age, gender, and racial demographics were most represented among perpetrators and victims in 2025 versus 2024?

In 2025 early data and reconstructions show the same core patterns as 2024: perpetrators are overwhelmingly male, younger age groups account for a disproportionate share of arrests and victimizations ...

Jan 16, 2026

What percentage of US prisoners are legal immigrants versus US-born citizens in 2024?

Available federal sentencing and academic research shows immigrants as a group are incarcerated at lower rates than U.S.-born people and make up a minority of those sentenced in federal courts in 2024...

Dec 16, 2025

What percentage of inmates at the federal, state, and local level are illegal aliens

Available federal data show that a large share of federally sentenced non‑U.S. citizens were classified as “illegal aliens” — the U.S. Sentencing Commission reported 88.7% of federally sentenced non‑U...

Nov 17, 2025

. Yet with a population of only 13%, they commit 25% of violent crimes. In 2022 according to Factually “The murder rate among black individuals was reported 653% higher than whites in 2022”.

The claim mixes several empirical points that appear across the sources: Black people are about 13–14% of the U.S. population and are reported in many datasets as a larger share of certain violent-cri...

Nov 12, 2025

How many reported rapes in the US result in arrests?

Reported-rape cases in U.S. law enforcement data produce , with commonly cited figures clustering around two different interpretations: about according to FBI clearance rates in recent years, while ot...

Dec 17, 2025

Have trends in homicide offender racial composition changed significantly between 2015 and 2024?

Available reporting shows that the racial composition of known homicide offenders in 2015 differed from later years: FBI Expanded Homicide data for 2015 reported that when offender race was known, 53....

Dec 8, 2025

What do FBI homicide statistics reveal about killers' race in the US?

FBI and related federal reporting show persistent racial disparities in homicide statistics: several sources report higher homicide victimization and offender shares among Black Americans compared wit...

Dec 7, 2025

How did gender affect likelihood of being victimized in the fraud scheme?

Available sources indicate that gender influences patterns of victimization but effects vary by crime type: multiple sources report women are more likely victims of fraud and other non-violent crimes ...

Dec 1, 2025

What are the latest ONS crime victim statistics by ethnic group 2023 and 2024?

The latest available Office for National Statistics (ONS) and UK government compilations show that most homicide victims in England and Wales remain White (71.4% in year ending March 2023) while Black...

Dec 1, 2025

How do Trump-era pardon rates compare to historical averages when adjusted for offenses and high-profile versus routine cases?

Donald Trump’s second-term clemency actions include mass pardons of roughly 1,500–1,600 people tied to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and dozens of high‑profile individual pardons and commutations — bringi...

Nov 5, 2025

What does the Bureau of Justice Statistics report for violent crime victimization by race in 2022-2023?

The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Criminal Victimization, 2023 release reports overall nonfatal violent victimization rates for 2023 and some demographic breakdowns but . Historical BJS analyses show ...