2008 Murder Capital for cities is La Ceiba, Honduras with a rate of 150 per 100,000. The entire nation of Honduras also had the highest rate for countries with 58 per 100,000.
The city with the most murders overall is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2008 there were 4,295 murders. Brazil itself was the country that had the most murders in absolute terms, with 50,659 killings.
The Murder Capital is a city with a population of at least 100,000 or more that has the most murders per 100,000 residents. These are the actual Murder Capitals from 1990-2009.
1990--D.C.-77.8 murders per 100,000
1991--D.C.-80.6 murders per 100,000
1992--D.C.-75.2 murders per 100,000
1993-Gary-89.1 murders per 100,000
1994--N.O.-85.8 murders per 100,000
1995-Gary-83.3 murders per 100,000
1996-Gary-89.6 murders per 100,000
1997-Gary-84.1 murders per 100,000
1998-Gary-68.9 murders per 100,000
1999-Gary-68.6 murders per 100,000
2000-Gary-65.2 murders per 100,000
2001-Gary-79.4 murders per 100,000
2002-Gary-57.7 murders per 100,000
2003-Gary-67.0 murders per 100,000
2004--N.O.-56.0 murders per 100,000
2005-Gary-58.0 murders per 100,000
2006--N.O.-76.4 murders per 100,000
2007--N.O.-81.0 murders per 100,000
2008--N.O.-63.6 murders per 100,000
2009--N.O.-51.7 murders per 100,000
Gary Indiana had a murder rate of 58 per 100,000 highest of any city with a population of at least 100,000 = Murder Capital
it's not the murder capital
it's not the murder capital
Unsolved murder capital
There is no statute of limitations on homicide (capital murder) in the USA.
Chicago
Oakland, California has never been officially designated as the murder capital of the US. While the city has experienced high rates of violent crime in the past, it has not held the title of murder capital.
new Orleans
For Texas cases, the answer is it varies depending on the crime and the decision of the Parole Board.For capital murder: as of September 1, 2005, Texas will have a life without the possibility of parole option for capital murder. The capital murder defendant sentenced to life in prison before September 1, 2005, is parole eligible after serving forty years.
yes in 1981
In Bridgeport CT, as in all other jurisdictions in the US, Murder is a Felony capital crime.
It's impossible for convicted capital murder to have that record expunged.