A recent Fox News poll found that 69% of Americans favor the death penalty for persons convicted of premeditated murder, a drop of 7 percentage points from the number of respondents supporting capital punishment in 1997. The poll revealed that 23% of respondents opposed capital punishment, and 8% were not sure. In previous years, support for the death penalty registered 76% in 1997, 74% in 1998, 68% in 2000, and 2001.
(Fox News, June 10, 2003). See Public Opinion.
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- Death Penalty Information Center (2025, March 14). PUBLIC OPINION: Fox News Probes Death Penalty Support. Retrieved October 3, 2026, from https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/public-opinion-fox-news-probes-death-penalty-support
- Death Penalty Information Center. “PUBLIC OPINION: Fox News Probes Death Penalty Support.” Last modified March 14, 2025. Accessed October 3, 2026. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/public-opinion-fox-news-probes-death-penalty-support.
- Death Penalty Information Center. “PUBLIC OPINION: Fox News Probes Death Penalty Support.” Death Penalty Information Center, 14 Mar. 2025, https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/public-opinion-fox-news-probes-death-penalty-support. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.