Americans and the Death Penalty: Are We Less Vindictive Now?
by SavvyRoo on Oct 26, 2014 | Views: 51 | Score: 0
| Americans supporting the death penalty because it is "eye-for-an-eye" justice | |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 50 |
| 2001 | 48 |
| 2003 | 37 |
| 2014 | 35 |
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In a 2014 open-ended survey completed by Americans that support the death penalty for murder convictions, it was found that the number that supported it because it served as "eye-for-an-eye" justice fell 15 percentage points since the same questions were asked in 1991.