Law and Crime Facts

    Random Law and Crime Facts

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    In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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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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    Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
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    Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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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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    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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    A Missouri family sued the previous owners of a house that they had just bought after Brown Recluse Spiders "started bleeding out of the walls." An expert came in and estimated that the house was infested with 4,000 – 5,000 of the spiders.
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