Original sentence: In 2004, there were 275 murders reported.New Orleans had the highest murder rate of any major American city in 2002 (53.3 per 100,000 people)
Edited sentence: 2006,2007 and 2008 were the same as the previous years of this decade with New Orleans posting the highest per capta murder rates of any major Amercan city in those years according to Bureau of Justice Statistics nola.New Orleans had the highest murder rate of any major American city in 2000 (42.1 per 100,000 people)2001 (44.0 per 100,000) 2002 (53.1 per 100,000) 2003 (57.7 per 100,000) 2004 (56.0 per 100,000) In 2005, there were 202 murders after 8 months a rate of 43 per 100,000 which was still higher than any major city's 12 month rate but was not official because their was still 1 month left until the end of 3rd quarter crime data was to be released.Peter Scharf {.com and Criminalogist Dr