Lansing, Michigan had one Prosecutor in that office deputized as a Federal Prosecutor. He would handle gun cases in the Federal system instead of under state law. Almost all gun crimes were prosecuted Federally then including using a firearm in the commission of a crime.
Federal penalties for gun crimes are much, much harsher that state law penalties.
Criminals didn’t like that at all.
One prosecutor could hand let the Lansing cases.
Obviously Chicago isn’t the same size as Lansing, but Chicago should do the same thing with deputizing Cook County Prosecutors as US Attorneys for gun crimes
When was this? The murder rate for Lansing looks pretty consistent for the years 2002-2016.