How The Pinellas Sheriff’s Office Boosts Its Rape Stats Without Solving Cases • Discoverology

How The Pinellas Sheriff’s Office Boosts Its Rape Stats Without Solving Cases

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The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office has used a designation, called “exceptionally cleared” to close some cases where it hadn’t identified a suspect, assigned a detective or even confirmed that a crime had occurred.

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