Law and Crime Facts

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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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    Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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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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    Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
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    Fines in Finland
    Fines in Finland
    In Finland, fines are income-based. In 2002, a Nokia executive received a US$103,000 speeding ticket.
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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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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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    The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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