Law and Crime Facts

    Random Law and Crime Facts

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    Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.
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    If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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    No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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    Legal Car Flamethrowers
    Legal Car Flamethrowers
    South African residents can legally attach small flamethrowers to cars to repel car jackers.
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    The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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    It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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    Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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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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