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New poll shows support for death penalty still very strong even in blue California

By Douglas A. Berman

This local news report, headlined "Death penalty still gets overwhelming support: 70% of voters favor it, split when given choice," highlights that the nation's biggest state still has a big number of people supportive of the death penalty. Here are specifics: California voters still strongly support the death penalty, but they are almost evenly split when there?s a choice of sentencing a first-degree murder to life without parole or death, according to a new Field Poll. The nonpartisan survey shows that seven in 10 voters favor capital punishment. Given the option, 42 percent would prefer life in prison without parole for a murder, 41 percent would choose the death penalty, 13 percent say it depends on the situation and 4 percent had no opinion...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 22, 2010 (boomark / email).