Law and Crime Facts

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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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    Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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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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    Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.
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    Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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    Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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    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.”
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    Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. Theft, disorderly conduct, larceny, armed robbery, assault and battery, and rape all statistically increase dramatically during the full moon.
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