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Americans Hold Firm to Support for Death Penalty

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

That is the title of this Gallup report by Lydia Saad. On the generic question (problematic for measuring absolute support but useful for gauging long-term trends), the result is 64-30, down a tad from last year but the same as three years ago. On the better-worded too often / not often enough question, the sum of not often enough and about right (support for current law or tougher), comes to 71% versus 21% for too often. For all the talk about increasing opposition to the death penalty, answers to this question have been remarkably steady for the seven years Gallup has asked it.

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on November 17, 2008 (boomark / email).