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Decrease in U.S. death row population, Jan. 1, 2000 to Jan. 1, 2020:

28.8%^{1, 2}

Decrease in annual U.S. executions, 1999 to 2019:

77.6%²

Number of U.S. jurisdictions that have abolished the death penalty (as of April 22, 2020):

23

Increase in U.S. life without parole sentences, 2003 to 2016:

59%³

U.S. prisoners currently serving life sentences for nonviolent crimes:

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Share of U.S. eligible voters who are naturalized immigrants, 2000:

6.2%

Share of U.S. eligible voters who are naturalized immigrants, 2020:

9.8%

Increase in immigrant eligible voting population since 2000:

93%

Increase in U.S.-born eligible voting population since 2000:

18%

Share of immigrant eligible voters living in California, New York, Florida, Texas, or New Jersey:

61%⁵

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Share of the U.S. fiction market accounted for by the romance genre in 2016:

23%⁶

Annual value of the romance novel industry:

$1.08 billion⁷

The New York Times Bestsellers written by romance novelist Nora Roberts (including those under her pseudonym J.D. Robb):

195^听

Combined number of weeks Roberts鈥� books have spent on The New York Times Bestseller list:

1,045^听

Years passed between publication of Roberts鈥� first bestseller and The New York Times hiring its first romance reviewer:

27^{8, 9}

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Number of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics occupations that are easiest to automate:

12¹⁰

Ease with which those occupations (ranging from data entry clerks to watch repairers) could be computerized, on a scale of 0 to 1:

0.99

Total number of Americans employed in those occupations in May 2018:

802,510¹¹

Annual living wage for a family of four in 2018:

$67,146¹²

Amount it would cost to pay workers in those occupations the annual living wage if they lost their jobs:

$53.9 billion

Decrease in 2018 U.S. government defense spending that would cover that amount:

8.3%¹³

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Sources: 1. Death Penalty Information Center 2. NAACP Legal Defense Fund 3. The Colorado Independent 4. The Sentencing Project 5. Pew Research 6. NPD Books Romance Landscape study, commissioned by Romance Writers of America 7. The Balance Careers 8. Nora Roberts 9. The New York Times 10. Oxford Martin School 鈥淔uture of Employment鈥� report 11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 12. MIT Living Wage Calculator 13. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute