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    August 01, 1998

    Wisconsin Lawyer August 1998: Figuratively Speaking

     


    Vol. 71, No. 8, August 1998

    Figuratively Speaking


    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


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