Law and Crime Facts

    Random Law and Crime Facts

    There are 50 Law and Crime Facts!

    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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    About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!
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    There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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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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    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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    In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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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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