Law and Crime Facts

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    In 1995, a man named Shawn Nelson stole a tank from the US Army and took it for a joyride on a highway in California.
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    Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!
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    According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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    It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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    Unique Prison in Brazil
    Unique Prison in Brazil
    There is a prison in Brazil that allows inmates to pedal stationary bicycles, providing electricity to a nearby city in exchange for reduced sentences.
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    In the Bemba tribe of southern Africa, if someone does something hurtful, they take the person to the center of the town where the entire tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days they tell him every good thing he has ever done, because they believe that every person comes into the world as good.
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    In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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