Law and Crime Facts

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    Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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    In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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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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    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.
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    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.
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    About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!
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    There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
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