Poll: For First Time, Majority Of Americans Prefer Life In Prison
Click here for reuse options!According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll released Thursday, 52 percent of Americans say they would prefer that people convicted of murder spend life in prison with no chance of parole, compared to 42 percent who prefer the death penalty for those people. That marks the first time in the Post-ABC News poll that a majority of Americans have preferred a life sentence for convicted murderers.
The net rating has shifted 14 percentage points in favor of a life sentence since 2006.
The survey comes more than a month after the botched execution of Oklahoma man Clayton Lockett. Lockett ultimately died of a heart attack after a failed lethal injection left him “writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney,” according to an Associated Press report in April.
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By: Cheston Catalano
Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.
8 responses to Poll: For First Time, Majority Of Americans Prefer Life In Prison
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M D Reese June 5th, 2014 at 12:47
Trick headline. Sucked me right in.
M D Reese June 5th, 2014 at 12:47
Trick headline. Sucked me right in.
Tom Ward June 5th, 2014 at 13:25
It’s the fiscally responsible option.
Tom Ward June 5th, 2014 at 13:25
It’s the fiscally responsible option.
Alan June 5th, 2014 at 15:18
Why would conservatives trust the government to kill people?
fancypants June 5th, 2014 at 22:35
send all the convicted to roam the streets of texas
mission accomplished & everyone is happy
Alan June 5th, 2014 at 15:18
Why would conservatives trust the government to kill people?
fancypants June 5th, 2014 at 22:35
send all the convicted to roam the streets in texas
mission accomplished & everyone is happy