In 1997, an Israeli court charged and prosecuted a Jew for depicting Islam’s prophet Muhammad as a pig.
In 2012, a court in Italy ruled that telling a man he has “no balls” is a crime, punishable with a fine.
The U.S. government’s “official expert” on Marijuana from 1938 to 1962 once testified in court, under oath, that he had smoked marijuana and it turned him into a bat.
In 1999, Norway granted refuge to a U.S. drug smuggler because the Supreme Court declared that U.S. prisons do not meet “minimum humanitarian standards.”
In 2016, a court in Saudi Arabia sentenced a man to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for asserting his atheism through Twitter posts.
According to a court document, Johnny Depp spends more than $2 million per month to maintain his lavish lifestyle.
When the King of Thailand sued his first wife for divorce, she was unable to defend herself in court because of a law forbidding criticism of the monarchy.
A Pakistan court banned Valentine’s Day celebrations across the country in 2017, since the holiday is not a part of Muslim tradition.
Italy’s highest court ruled in 2016 that stealing small amounts of food to stave off hunger is not a crime.
Three of the world’s rivers are legal persons: they have guardians and are treated as minors in court.