Law and Crime Facts

    Random Law and Crime Facts

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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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    IRS: Criminals legally required to declare illegal income on tax return
    According to the IRS, self-employed criminals are required to declare the source of their illegal income (like selling drugs) - and they can't prosecute for it!
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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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    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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    Just before the US started bombing Baghdad, nearly $1 billion dollars was stolen from the Central Bank of Iraq and is now the largest bank robbery in history.
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    Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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    In 2008, 500 truckloads of sand were stolen from a beach in Jamaica
    In 2008, a beach was stolen in Jamaica. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this day.
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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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