Law and Crime Facts

    Random Law and Crime Facts

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    The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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    Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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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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    There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
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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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    Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
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    In 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300,000,000 Yen robbery remains unsolved to this day.
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