Wisconsin Lawyer August 1998: Figuratively Speaking

Vol. 71, No. 8, August 1998

Percentage of Clinton-appointed judges who are men: 68.8

Percentage who are women: 31.2

"Reason is the life of the law, nay, the common law itself is nothing but reason."

--Sir Edward Coke

Percentage who are white: 72.3

Percentage who are African-American: 18.8

Percentage who are Hispanic: 6.9

Percentage who are Asian-American: 1.5

Percentage who are American Indian: 0.5

Source: US News & World Report, Vol. 122, No. 10, March 17, 1997

Percentage of American teenagers who support the death penalty: 81

Percentage of American adults who support the death penalty: 75

Percentage of teens who feel that teenage offenders should be punished as adults: 83

Percentage of adults who believe that teenage offenders should be punished as adults: 70

Source: Iowa Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 5, August 1997

Number of civil cases that were filed in American federal district courts in 1966: 71,000

Number of civil cases that were filed in American federal district courts in 1996: 269,000

Source: Alabama Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 1, Fall 1997

Number of U.S. states that notify communities of the presence, name, and address of convicted sex offenders: 43

Source: American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, Winter 1998

State Bar of Wisconsin