In Eight National Public Opinion Polls Conducted Between February 2000

question 19

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In eight national public opinion polls conducted between February 2000 and May 2006, only 62-69 percent of adults or registered voters in the United States were in favor of the death penalty for a person convicted of murder. This was the lowest level of support recorded in a national poll in more than twenty years, and likely the first time the level of support had fallen below 70 percent during that period.

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