A reminder that criminals are killing criminals.

A 2007 article from USA Today, but something still worth remembering.  Also note that about 90 percent of the murderers also have a criminal record.

In Baltimore, about 91% of murder victims this year had criminal records, up from 74% a decade ago, police reported. . . .
Philadelphia police Capt. Ben Naish says the Baltimore numbers are "shocking." Philadelphia also has seen the number of victims with criminal pasts inch up — to 75% this year from 71% in 2005.
In Milwaukee, local leaders created the homicide commission after a spike in violence led to a 39% increase in murders in 2005. The group compiled statistics on victims' criminal histories for the first time and found that 77% of homicide victims in the past two years had an average of nearly 12 arrests. . . .
In Newark, where three young friends with no apparent links to crime were executed Aug. 4, roughly 85% of victims killed in the first six months of this year had criminal records, on par with the percentage in 2005 but up from 81% last year, police statistics show. . . .