Percentage who had been mistakenly identified by eyewitnesses: 77
7/07Chances that a judge in a 2003 study deemed a taped confession to be voluntary if only the suspect appeared on camera: 4 in 5
Percentage brought to trial who are convicted: 99.9
7/07Amount that a Colorado state prisoner is paid to work a day as a field hand at a local farm: 60¢
7/07Amount the USDA’s Rural Development program has given in aid to distressed rural areas since 2001: $8,600,000,000
Amount the program has given to metropolitan areas, retirement communities, and resorts: $39,100,000,000
7/07Percentage of every dollar spent at a locally owned Chicago store that is retained or recirculated in the city: 68
7/07Estimated amount in state taxes Wal-Mart avoided last year by renting stores from shell companies it created: $403,000,000
7/07Portion of the worldwide revenue from food retailing accounted for by ten corporations: 1/4
7/07Percentage of workers at Russia’s retail markets that can be foreign-born, according to a law that took effect in April: 0
Portion of the stalls at these markets that are now empty: 1/4
7/07Percentage of national news at Russia’s largest independent radio network that management says must now be “positive”: 50
7/07Number of postings by the U.S. State Department’s “digital outreach team” on Arabic websites this year: 490
7/07Number of U.S.-run Iraqi reconstruction projects declared successfully “complete” that inspectors visited this year: 8
Number from this sample that were found not to be functioning: 7
7/07Chance that an inmate at any of the U.S.-run prisons in Iraq has been identified as a “foreign fighter”: 1 in 195
7/07Percentage of Baghdad residents who have a family member or friend who has been wounded or killed since 2003: 77
7/07Number of U.S. soldiers who have died in combat or non-combat situations while on duty since 2001: 9,185
7/07Percentage of U.S. soldiers who say they “know for certain” that someone in their unit is gay or lesbian: 23
7/07Price from an Illinois company to turn the cremated ashes of a loved one into a 1.5-carat diamond: $24,999
Number of smaller diamonds the company offers in its “Family Plan”: 4
7/07Rank of Nevaeh, “heaven” spelled backward, among the fastest growing names given to American newborns since 2000: 1
7/07Percentage change in the number of Louisiana and Mississippi newborns named Katrina in the year after the hurricane: +153
7/07Percentage of West Virginia public schools that will use the video game Dance Dance Revolution in P.E. classes next year: 100
7/07Rank of golf and basketball, respectively, among the ten pro sports Americans view as the most “ethical” and “upstanding”: 1, 10
7/07Percentage increase since 1980 in a male action figure’s relative bicep, chest, and calf size, respectively: 64, 55, 70
7/07Donation Arnold Schwarzenegger was given by Donald Trump after appearing on The Apprentice in March: $10,000
7/07Amount Uncle Ben’s rice spent this year to rebrand the “iconic character” of its fictional namesake: $20,000,000
Date on which he was “elevated” to “Uncle Ben, Chairman”: 3/30/07