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Questions - Death Penalty - October 16-17, 2022

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National Survey of 1,000 American Adults
Conducted October 16-17, 2022
By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* Do you favor or oppose the death penalty?

 

 

2* (Asked of 460 Americans Who Favor the Death Penalty) Do you favor the carrying out of death sentences in a more timely fashion? Or should the death sentence be delayed as long as necessary to allow all legal appeals to be exhausted?

 

 

3* (Asked of 460 Americans Who Favor the Death Penalty) Does your state execute those convicted and sentenced to death in a timely fashion?

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence