Continued Majority Support for Death Penalty

Continued Majority Support for Death Penalty | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press: The majority of Americans who support the death penalty today offer largely the same reasons that supporters gave 20 years ago. Roughly half (53%) say the punishment fits the crime or that it is what murderers deserve. A smaller share raises concerns about the costs of keeping murderers in prison for life (15%). Relatively few death penalty supporters cite deterrence (6%) or keeping murderers from committing more crimes (5%) in explaining their position.

Editor: Only 5 percent cite the Bible or religious reasons in support of capitol punishment. Churches need to teach it as a sanctity of human life issue (Genesis 9:5-6).

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