11.   Fourteen people were convicted in the wide-ranging inquiry.

12.   In addition to Patterson, eight people have been convicted of producing or possessing pornographic material of children being brutally spanked.

13.   In Beaumont, Texas, two people were convicted of exchanging electronic benefits for crack cocaine.

14.   In New York, the laws make it hard to convict such people, assuming that they are even charged to begin with.

15.   In South Florida, eight people have been convicted in the last year, and another two await trial.

16.   It was not uncommon for people to be convicted on illegally obtained evidence, without the aid of counsel.

17.   Many British are still embarrassed by a series of cases in which people were convicted too easily, on flimsy evidence.

18.   Nine other people were convicted in the extortion-kickback scheme and received sentences that ranged from two months to two and a half years in prison.

19.   Nine people were convicted for their roles in the attack.

20.   Since Massachusetts has no federal prison, people convicted on federal charges usually serve their time in an outside prison.