Americans Hold Firm to Support for Death Penalty

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http://www.gallup.com/poll/111931/Americans-Hold-Firm-Support-Death-Penalty.aspx">More here

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1. Democracy is wrong n/t

[laconicsax]

2. Yep. Kill 'em. That'll teach them a lesson!

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3. Yet in previous polls the support for the death penalty DECLINES when the alternative is LIWP

LIWP- Life Imprisonment Without Parole. 48% of the death penalty supporters support Life Imprisonment Without Parole over the death penalty if it is an option (47% still holds out for the death penalty).

Death Penalty vs. Life in Prison

Over the years, Gallup has consistently found lower support for the death penalty when it is offered as an alternative to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole. Most recently, in May 2006, Gallup found 47% naming the death penalty as the better penalty for murder, versus 48% preferring life imprisonment.