Death
Penalty in America, Legal Studies 485, Spring 2003
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Death
Penalty in America, Legal Studies 485, Spring 2003 |
Do you believe in the death penalty for murder?
Yes 61%
No 39%
Do you favor or oppose capital punishment for
murder?
Favor 65%
Opp 35%
Are you in favor of the death penalty for
persons convicted of murder?
Yes 68%
No 25%
No opinion 7%
Do you favor the death penalty for murder?
Yes 47%
No 50%
No opinion 3%
Are you in favor of the death penalty for
persons convicted of murder?
Yes 42%
No 47%
No opinion 11%
Are you in favor of the death penalty for
persons convicted of murder?
Yes 65%
No 28%
No opinion 7%
Are you in favor of the death penalty for
persons convicted of murder?
Yes 72%
No 20%
No opinion 8%
What do you
think should be the penalty for murder—the death penalty or life
imprisonment, with absolutely no possibility of parole?
Death penalty 56%
Life imprisonment 34%
Neither 4%
No opinion 6%
Are you in favor of the death penalty for a
person convicted of murder?
Favor 80%
Oppose 16%
No opinion 4%
When a
teenager commits a murder and is found guilty by a jury, do you think
he should get the death penalty, or should be spared because of his
age?
Death penalty 60%
Spared 30%
No opinion 10%
Which comes
closer to your view? There should be a moratorium, or temporary halt,
on the death penalty until it can be better determined if the death
penalty is being administered accurately and fairly in this country.
There should not be a moratorium, or temporary halt, on the death
penalty because there are already sufficient safeguards in the
current justice system to prevent the execution of innocent people?
Should be a moratorium - 42%
Should not be a moratorium - 55
No opinion - 3
Are you in favor of the death penalty for a
person convicted of murder?
Favor - 70%
Oppose - 25
No opinion - 5