Law and Crime Facts

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    In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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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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    No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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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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    The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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    North Korea Cannabis
    North Korea Cannabis
    The only country where cannabis is completely legal and du jure is North Korea.
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    In Brazil, prison inmates can reduce their sentence by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.
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