He says his city has become one of the safest in Arizona, with one murder in the past six years.
Ryan Gattis' new novel, "All Involved" (Ecco: 384 pp., $27.95), inspired by the riots, starts with one murder in South Los Angeles, then kaleidoscopes through multiple viewpoints — gang members, firefighters, nurses and graffiti kids — during the days of lawlessness, despair and fury.
Mr. Cullen, 44, who has been charged so far with just one murder, has stopped cooperating.
In 1988, the infamous gangsta rap album "Straight Outta Compton" was released and the city became notoriously known as the murder capital of the United States with nearly one murder for every 1,000 residents.
In fact, his false father has gambled on Anderton's uncontrollable hunger for vengeance, placing what looks like a sure bet: that the hero, confronted with his child's killer, will repay one murder with another -- or with many, like his Hollywood brethren.
He said that since April 1999 there have been 36 assaults, including 17 felonies, along with one attempted murder, three robberies and dozens of other less serious infractions.
As for his chances of success, "... as a former prosecutor with twenty-one murder convictions without a loss..
With one woman murdered as a result of domestic violence every week and women's shelters stretched and closing, his comments drew swift public criticism.
For example, women, regardless of sexual orientation, face extreme violence in Honduras, with one woman murdered every fourteen hours.
A month before, Nissen had not even known Lotter and Lana Tisdel, and here he was on a murder mission with one on behalf of the other.
A South Carolina teenager suspected of killing his father and wounding two boys and a teacher at an elementary school was charged on Friday with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder, the office of the local solicitor said.
