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Death Penalty Information Center Polling

By Steve Hall

The Death Penalty Information Center has issued a news release, "Poll Shows Growing Support for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; Capital Punishment Ranked Lowest Among Budget Priorities; Unfairness, high costs, victims? needs, and innocence are important to voters? thinking about the death penalty," announcing the results of extensive public opinion polling. Here's the text of the release: The Death Penalty Information Center today released the results of one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted of Americans? views on the death penalty. A national poll of 1,500 registered voters conducted by Lake Research Partners shows growing support for alternatives to the death penalty compared with previous polls. A clear majority of voters (61%) would choose a punishment other than the death penalty for murder, including life with no possibility of parole and with restitution to the victim?s family (39%), life with no possibility of parole (13%), or life with the possibility of parole (9%)...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 16, 2010 (boomark / email).