Even in great communities like Chicago, with a long history of draconian laws, city fathers plead for a means to reverse the internecine homicide rate as Chicago is awarded the title "Number One in Murder." (Chicago Tribune, Dec. 2, by E. Ferkenhoff).
What wise and capable city fathers (and what strangely gender specific language!). Yes, friends, pleading always works. Criminals and predators stop dead in their tracks when you appeal to the better angels of their natures.
out here in the peoples republic of Kalifornia, crime is down simply because it is no longer being prosecuted.