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U.S. Death Penalty Support Drops Below Majority Level
Support has dropped most among Democrats and younger adults, and a failed Tennessee execution prompted a pause in that state, Gallup said.
- On Tuesday, a Gallup poll revealed American support for the death penalty has fallen to 49%, marking the first time support has dropped below a majority level in 55 years.
- Political divides have widened significantly, with 73% of Republicans favoring capital punishment compared to 50% of Independents and 28% of Democrats, expanding the party gap to 45 points.
- Following the botched lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee, state officials paused executions pending an investigation, an event that occurred just before the polling period.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom recently commuted all death sentences to life imprisonment, affecting more than 500 prisoners, while both Republican and Democratic governors increase clemency grants.
- Laura Porter, executive director of the US Campaign to End the Death Penalty, said the country is "at a pivotal turning point in public opinion on the death penalty.
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Support for the death penalty in the US has fallen to 49%. It is the first time that the percentage has fallen below the majority threshold, according to a Gallup poll. The post USA: Support for the death penalty at the lowest level since 1971 – Below 50% appeared first on in.gr.
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right5Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution34% Left, 33% Center, 33% Right
Bias Distribution
- 34% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
34% Left
L 34%
C 33%
R 33%
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