Law and Crime Facts

Law and Crime Facts


      1. The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
     
      2. In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
     
      3. Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!

      4. The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
    
      5. 16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
     
      6. There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
     
      7. The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
    
      8. The most common time for a bank robbery is Friday, between 9 and 11 a.m. The least likely time is Wednesday, between 3 and 6 p.m.
   
      9. Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
   
      10. Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!

      11. Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
 
      12. No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.

      13. Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.

      14. Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. Theft, disorderly conduct, larceny, armed robbery, assault and battery, and rape all statistically increase dramatically during the full moon.
 
      15. Most burglaries occur during the daytime!
 
      16. Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.

      17. It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.

      18. Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.

      19. Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.

      20. Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.

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

      22. According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.

      23. About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!

      24. A man gets robbed in London every 4.5 minutes! (and he is getting fed up of it)