Law and Crime Facts

    Random Law and Crime Facts

    There are 50 Law and Crime Facts!

    Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.
    24
    Richard Klinkhamer
    Richard Klinkhamer
    A year after his wife's disappearance, a Dutch crime writer named Richard Klinkhamer wrote a suspicious book about seven ways to kill your spouse. He became famous and spent the next decade hinting in print and on TV that he had murdered her. Finally, it turned out that he really had.
    52
    The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
    466
    There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
    6
    Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft.com
    Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft.com
    Microsoft once sued a student named Mike Rowe for registering the domain 'MikeRoweSoft.com'.
    20
    Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!
    68
    Whipping Tom
    Whipping Tom
    In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
    91
    There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
    46