Law and Crime Facts

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    In 1995, a man named Shawn Nelson stole a tank from the US Army and took it for a joyride on a highway in California.
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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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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
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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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    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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    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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