Law and Crime Facts

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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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    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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    The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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    In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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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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    Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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    16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
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