Most Americans Continue to Favor Death Penalty % convicted who favor/oppose death penalty forpersons convicted favor/oppose of murder
A survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, conducted Nov. 9-14, 2011, among 2,001 adults, finds that 62% favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder while 31% are opposed. That is generally in line with polling on the death penalty over the past several years.
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