March 4, 2009
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Support for capital punishment is falling in North Carolina, according to the latest Elon University Poll.
When asked “what is the most appropriate punishment for first degree murders,” 47.8 percent said the death penalty, 38.9 percent said life in prison without parole and 8.9 percent said it depended on the evidence.
When Elon pollsters asked the same question in November of 2005, 61 percent said the death penalty was the approrpriate punishment. That’s a drop of 13.2 percent.
Not suprisingly, when asked only if they favor the death penalty for first-degree murder, support rises to 58.3, but when asked only about life without parole as the punishment, 71.7 perccent say yes.
Despite some media reports to the contrary, the public is also evenly divided about the current death penalty moratorium in place while the courts resolve the role of doctors at executions.
46.6 percent of people polled support the moratorium, while 44.7 people oppose it.
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