9/86Number of prisoners on death row executed since 1977: 61

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (New York City)

    Number who committed suicide, were murdered, or died of natural causes since 1977: 39

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (New York City)

1/86Number of the 48 U.S. prisoners executed since 1977 whose victims were not white: 5

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (New York City)

10/97Number of Illinois death-row prisoners released since 1977 after their convictions were overturned: 9

Illinois Criminal Justice Authority (Chicago)

    Number of Illinois prisoners executed since then: 8

Illinois Criminal Justice Authority (Chicago)

10/96Number of state and federal court opinions written since 1977 that have included a reference to Elvis Presley: 189

American Bar Association (Chicago)

11/00Percentage change since 1979 in the number of cocaine users in the United States: -62

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (Rockville, Md.)