Figuratively Speaking
Portion of American youths (under age 18) who can name the Three
Stooges, according to Arizona State University Professor Marianne
Jennings:
3 out of 4
Percentage who can name three members of the U.S. Supreme Court:
1
Source: Imprimis, Vol. 27, No. 8, August
1998
Percentage of all U.S. slip and fall
accidents that occur because of failure to reasonably maintain or
correct a defect upon a property:
70
Source: Trial, Vol. 34, No. 8, August
1998
Percentage of U.S. physicians who say that under current legal
constraints there are circumstances in which they would consider
hastening the death of a patient, according to a survey of 3,102
doctors:
11
Percentage of surveyed doctors who admit to having prescribed a fatal
dose of medication:
3
Percentage who admitted to having given a lethal injection:
5
Source: Trial, Vol. 34, No. 7, July
1998
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