Law and Crime Facts

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    Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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    It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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    Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
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    Amazing Plane Theft
    Amazing Plane Theft
    In 1956, for a bet whilst drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.
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    Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
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    The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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    South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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