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Manhattan, Chicago Murder Rates Drop in 2025, Officials Say 
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Tuesday that homicides and shootings in the New York City borough both fell by more than 40% in the first half. He said there were 22 murders in Manhattan in the six months ending June 29, a 46% drop from 2023. Shootings fell 43%.
First on amNY: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg touts dramatic fall in shootings and homicides
The number of shootings and homicides in Manhattan has drastically fallen during the first half of 2025, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told amNewYork on Tuesday.
Two Harlem men exonerated 30 years after coerced confessions
“The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was able to conduct more advanced DNA testing than was available at the time, and the DNA of Mr. Collins and Mr. Boles was not found on the descendent,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told reporters Thursday.
Murder convictions vacated for 2 men after spending decades behind bars
"We have two men who went to jail for decades for a conviction we no longer have confidence in, we also have an unsolved homicide," said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Duo exonerated in brutal 1994 NYC murder — after they wrongly served decades in prison: ‘Cannot undo the past’
Two wrongly accused men were exonerated Thursday in a brutal 1994 murder in Harlem – after they both served decades behind bars.
Coerced into false murder confessions as teens, two NYC men are cleared decades later
Brian Boles and Charles Collins spent a combined 52 years behind bars for the murder of James Reid, an 85-year-old neighbor of Boles who was strangled to death in his Harlem apartment on Feb. 8, 1994.
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