Proposed Illinois legislation would shed light on homicide clearance rate – CBS2 (Chicago)

Illinois HB 4754, the Homicide Data Transparency Act, would require law enforcement agencies regularly to publish how many of their homicides resulted in arrests and charges – not to publish the confusing "exceptionally cleared" statistic that can mean a case is closed without answers. "The clearance rate metric is extremely opaque," state Rep. Kam Buckner said.