Law and Crime Facts

Random Law and Crime Facts

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Most burglaries occur during the daytime!

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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.

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Legal Car Flamethrowers

South African residents can legally attach small flamethrowers to cars to repel car jackers.

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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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There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.

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Yakuza Aid

During the 1995 and 2011 Japanese Earthquakes, the Yakuza provided aid such as food, water, blankets, and diapers, much faster than the Japanese government.

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Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

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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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