The murder rate per capita in Washington state is 2.4x higher than Sweden. High crime rates in the U.S. predate the modern high incarceration rate, the drug war, or even alcohol prohibition: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ourworldindata.org&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2013&#x2F;03&#x2F;homicide-rates-in-the-united-states-and-england-1900-2000-pinker-2011-jpg.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ourworldindata.org&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2013&#x2F;03&#x2F;homicid...</a>