Law and Crime Facts

    Random Law and Crime Facts

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    A man gets robbed in London every 4.5 minutes! (and he is getting fed up of it)
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    It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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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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    In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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    In 1970, Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substance Act into law, making DMT and many other substances illegal. However, DMT is produced naturally by the body, and found in a multitude of human bodily fluids and tissues. Essentially, this makes all humans illegal.
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    The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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    In Japan, gambling is illegal. However, they circumvent the law by giving out prizes instead of cash, which the winner can then sell back to the establishment for cash.
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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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