Law and Crime Facts

    Law and Crime Facts

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    Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
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    Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!
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    Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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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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    According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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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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    Missing Plane
    Missing Plane
    In 2003, a Boeing 727-223 was stolen from an airport in Angola. Despite a worldwide search, it still has not been found.
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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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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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    Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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    Legal Car Flamethrowers
    Legal Car Flamethrowers
    South African residents can legally attach small flamethrowers to cars to repel car jackers.
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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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    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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    In 2008, 500 truckloads of sand were stolen from a beach in Jamaica
    In 2008, a beach was stolen in Jamaica. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this day.
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    It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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    Fines in Finland
    Fines in Finland
    In Finland, fines are income-based. In 2002, a Nokia executive received a US$103,000 speeding ticket.
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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 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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    No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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