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When was the last time in the U.S. that someone was executed under a government-imposed death penalty but later exonerated?

Are federal, state, and local governments in the U.S. generally required to protect people’s rights to life and property from infringement by private individuals?

In the U.S., are white or black people who commit murder more likely to kill people of the other race?

Compared to 1988, are white students today more or less likely to attend school with students of color?

Are police more or less likely to use lethal force when arresting black people than when arresting white people?

In 1979, the EPA, the State Department, and the world’s leading environmental groups projected that “at least 500,000-600,000” species would go extinct in the next 2 decades. By how much did this projection overshoot reality?

Relative to the rates at which people of different races commit murder, are police more or less likely to use deadly force against African Americans than whites?

According to the CDC’s current “best estimate,” what portion of people aged 49 and younger who catch Covid-19 die from it?

Has the portion of the world’s population that is undernourished risen or declined since 2000?

In 1960, roughly 15% of college course grades were A’s. What is this figure today?