Killings by cops plunge in Brazil’s biggest state

Published February 6, 2014 5:02am ET



SAO PAULO (AP) — The number of people killed by police in Brazil’s biggest state has plunged 40 percent, and experts are crediting what seems an unlikely reason — a new rule that forbids officers from transporting or otherwise helping shooting victims. They say it makes the summary execution of suspects more difficult as the government moves to end long-standing impunity in such slayings.

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