It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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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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The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings).
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