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By police vs. Justifiable Homicides By citizen

By Natalie on May 07, 2008
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Time Scale	Data Aggregation
Yearly	Average High Low Total Count Distinct None

Year	By citizen	By police

1976	381	420
1977	240	314
1978	280	314
1979	383	443
1980	467	459
1981	495	383
1982	423	380
1983	334	419
1984	265	333
1985	265	321
1986	289	303
1987	246	300
1988	233	342
1989	273	363
1990	328	385
1991	331	367
1992	351	418
1993	357	455
1994	353	462
1995	268	389
1996	261	356
1997	277	369
1998	196	367
1999	192	308
2000	164	309
2001	221	378
2002	233	341
2003	245	371
2004	219	368
2005	192	343
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Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bj...)

A justifiable homicide is defined as the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty or the killing of a felon during the commission of a felony by a private citizen. This graph shows the number of justifiable homicides committed by police officers and private citizens between 1976 and 2005. The number of justifiable homicides committed by the police tends to exceed the number committed by citizens. In the last 10 years the number of justifiable homicides has declined 13 percent. —Natalie