Law and Crime Facts

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    Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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    Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
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    In the Bemba tribe of southern Africa, if someone does something hurtful, they take the person to the center of the town where the entire tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days they tell him every good thing he has ever done, because they believe that every person comes into the world as good.
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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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    Most burglaries occur during the daytime!
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    In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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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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    Richard Klinkhamer
    Richard Klinkhamer
    A year after his wife's disappearance, a Dutch crime writer named Richard Klinkhamer wrote a suspicious book about seven ways to kill your spouse. He became famous and spent the next decade hinting in print and on TV that he had murdered her. Finally, it turned out that he really had.
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