The federal code has grown so bloated that a person can unknowingly violate a regulation they've never heard of and the government can still throw the book at them. Even former Harvard University Professor Harvey Silverglate estimates that the average American commits three felonies a day without even knowing it. Dr. Silverglate clearly wasn't referring to violent felonies like murder or felonies like money laundering, fraud, but instead to those vague, hidden, duplicative and sometimes downright silly laws. (01:57–02:06)
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Asserts that an average American unknowingly commits three felonies daily, according to Harvey Silverglate.
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