Roger Pilon of the Cato Institute notes that a mere three mentions of crime in the Constitution have blossomed into 3, 000 federal criminal statutes and perhaps 300, 000 regulations with criminal sanctions.

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Illinois currently has more than 33 24-hour rape crisis centers and in 1992 was one of the first states to include rights for victims of violent crime in its state constitution.

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Moreover, the Constitution lists bribery as a high crime or misdemeanor.

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When pollsters ask the British what they worry about, the constitution comes a long way behind health, crime or the economy.

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The International Criminal Court's constitution does support justice being seen to be done nearer to the crime scene.

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