One in three Americans back second execution attempt after failed one, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
A Reuters/Ipsos survey found 39% favor life in prison after a failed execution, while 26% were unsure.
- One-Third of Americans support a second execution attempt if the first fails, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday following the failed execution of Christa Pike in Nashville last month.
- As states struggle to obtain execution drugs, some consider alternative methods like firing squads, a trend emerging as 23 states have already abolished capital punishment entirely.
- The four-day poll, completed on Monday, showed 39% of respondents favored life in prison following a failed execution, while 31% opposed the death penalty entirely and 13% did not answer.
- Alabama executed Kenneth Smith in 2024 on its second try using nitrogen gas after he survived a 2022 execution attempt, establishing legal precedent the US Supreme Court recently upheld.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposed livestreaming the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, though President Donald Trump canceled the plans following criticism, even as 46% of Americans support the method.
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The Independent (US)Christa Pike survived execution. Now Americans have their say
The four-day survey, completed on Monday, showed 39 percent of respondents thought convicts should instead serve life in prison after a failed execution, while 26 percent were unsure of the best approach
Christa Pike, convicted of murder, survived two attempts at execution by lethal injection in Tennessee, remained unconscious for five days and was hospitalized in critical condition | A new poll reveals that about a third of Americans believe that she should be tried for execution again, while others prefer life imprisonment (News)
A majority of US residents support maintaining the death penalty in American law. One in three citizens believes that in cases similar to Christy Pike's—in which the death penalty was unsuccessful—authorities should attempt to execute the sentence again.
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