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    Wisconsin Lawyer
    August 01, 1998

    Wisconsin Lawyer August 1998: Figuratively Speaking

    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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