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Despite a slight increase, crime rates throughout the country remain at an all-time low, according a report released Monday by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.

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A new report blamed a slow military response for the deaths of four Americans during the 2012 attack on a U.S. embassy in Benghazi.

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Felonious deaths dropped from 51 in 2014 to 41 last year, with handguns still remaining the weapon most often used against officers.

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From increased training to better crime reporting, the Justice Department study suggests ways to reduce deadly - or potentially deadly - encounters.

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Of those convicted of murder and later exonerated, five were on death row, awaiting execution when their convictions were overturned.

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After several years of steadily declining, violent crimes for the first six months of 2015 rose by 1.7 percent, while property crimes continue to decrease.

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Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones said although the report is "tough" to read, they asked the Police Foundation for a thorough and unsparing review.

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While Guns.com routinely publishes stories of defensive gun uses, we wanted to take a deeper look into those cases and see how often charges were filed after the incident.

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Researchers looked at how 77 volunteers with various skill levels reacted in self-defense scenarios and those with more training performed better.

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One of the most dangerous jobs happens to pay the lowest compared with others, and some of the jobs generally considered the most dangerous fell lower on the list.

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2013 brought a record-low year for the number of officers killed while on duty, with less than half the national average, but that number jumped back up last year, nearly doubling.

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Those who exhibited the most concerning behavior weren't the ones with severe mental illness, but rather those with anger problems who wouldn't likely be prohibited from possessing a firearm in the first place, according to the study.

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