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Angus Reid Public Opinion Polling

By Steve Hall

First, a disclaimer.  This polling is at considerable odds with the most recent Gallup Poll, released earlier this week, by a degree well beyond the margin of error.  ?Indeed, even the Scripps-Howard Texas Poll was not showing this level of support for capital punishment in Texas during its final polls in 2000-2004.  I'm highly skeptical of the results given the results available in extensive polling from other sources. "Americans Support Punishing Murder with the Death Penalty," is the Angus Reid release. Four-in-five respondents believe innocent people have been executed in the United States.Most Americans support the death penalty in murder cases, but are divided on whether it acts as a deterrent for potential criminals, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 10, 2010 (boomark / email).