Law and Crime Facts

    Random Law and Crime Facts

    There are 50 Law and Crime Facts!

    Whipping Tom
    Whipping Tom
    In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
    91
    The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
    181
    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!
    16
    In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
    4
    Pretty Boy Floyd
    Pretty Boy Floyd
    A bank robber named "Pretty Boy" Charles Floyd reportedly destroyed mortgage papers on heists, freeing hundreds of people from property debt.
    95
    In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
    39
    In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
    4
    Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
    105