Augusta, Ga.-They may be just faces, but these individuals are someone’s mother, father, sister, brother, husband, wife, child, or other loved one… and they were murdered. Dr. Kimberly Davies, chair of Augusta State University’s Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Social Work, has her students putting up the visual display of the 16,929 people murdered during 2007 in the United States in the atrium of Allgood Hall on Monday, June 1, beginning at noon. Read the full story

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16,491 victims of homicide. 16,491 pennies. Dr. Kim Davies, chair of the Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Social Work, and author of The Murder Book, will have her class demonstrate the number of homicide victims in America Tuesday, Sept. 2, at 7 p.m. in 326 University Hall.  Students will contribute a penny for each 16,491 victims; later, the money will be donated to a charity that works to deter murder. Read the full story

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