Majority In New York Against Death Penalty

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Angus Reid Consultants - CPOD Global Scan) – More adults in the Empire State choose two alternatives over capital punishment, according to a poll by the New York Times. 56 per cent of respondents believe life in prison—with or without parole—should be the penalty for persons convicted of murder. <snip>

Polling Data

What do you think should be the penalty for persons convicted of murder—the death penalty, or life in prison with no chance of parole, or a long prison sentence with a chance of parole?

Death penalty 34%
Life with no parole 43%
Life with parole 13%
Don’t know 11%

Source: The New York Times
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,822 New York adults, conducted from Feb. 4 to Feb. 13, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=6020