Tag: capital punishment

City of Durham comes out for abolition of the death penalty

October 4, 2012 at 3:52 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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This is from the folks at People of Faith Against the Death Penalty:

Durham Calls for Death Penalty Repeal

DURHAM, NC – Durham is now the largest city in the South on record for repealing the death penalty.

At its meeting in City Hall this afternoon the Durham City Council unanimously passed a resolution presented by People of Faith Against the Death Penalty calling for North Carolina and the federal government and U.S. military to repeal the death penalty. The resolution suggests using the taxpayer funds that would be saved by repealing the death penalty to support programs to help murder victims’ family members and for programs to prevent violent crime. Read More…

Poll Finds Death Penalty Support Waning in NC

March 5, 2009 at 1:01 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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A new Elon University poll has found that fewer than 50% of North Carolinians think the death penalty is the most appropriate punishment for first-degree murder.  That’s down from 2005, when 61% of residents preferred death.

Seventy-one percent of those polled support life without parole as a punishment for first-degree murder.  Support for LWOP has gone up five points since the 2007 poll.  By a narrow margin, more NC residents approve of the current moratorium on executions than disapprove.

The Elon poll also covered other issues like health care and transportation.  See all poll results here.