Law and Crime Facts

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    Most burglaries occur during the daytime!
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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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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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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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    In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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    There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
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    In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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