Repeat offenders targeted as blue city once infamous for violence sees murders plummet Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates tells Fox News Digital how a crackdown on repeat offenders and tougher laws has helped drive murders down. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! A man with a decades-long record of violence has been convicted of first-degree murder in Baltimore, his third murder conviction since 1986, according to State’s Attorney Ivan Bates. Reginald Lively was sentenced to