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You are here: Home / Uncategorized / Dramatic Drop in Death Penalty Support

Dramatic Drop in Death Penalty Support

October 1, 2016 by Mark Elliott

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Pew Poll results show that support for the death penalty has fallen to less than 50% for the first time in almost 50 years. At the same time, use of the death penalty has dropped dramatically. Over two-thirds of U.S. states have either abolished the death penalty or have not used it in more than 5 years. A handful of counties (2%) now account for most new sentences of death. Four of these counties are in Florida: Duval, Hillsborough, and Miami-Dade. See the complete results of the Pew Poll  here.

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