Let me give you a small anecdotal answer. When my son was almost murdered almost 12 years ago, he made national headlines. He was in every paper across this country. They made a movie about the assault and the rehabilitation of my son. Today, young people are being kicked to death and being stabbed on virtually a daily basis, and it doesn't even make the back page of our newspaper. To me, that means we're becoming desensitized, and it's happening so often that people don't care anymore. The only people who care are people like Mr. Penner and families who are involved in it, who are dragged into this system.
On March 23rd, 2011. See this statement in context.