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title: 'PUBLIC OPINION: Fox News Probes Death Penalty Support'
description: '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…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/public-opinion-fox-news-probes-death-penalty-support'
section: news
date: '2003-06-26T21:36:43-04:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:22:14-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
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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](/public-opinion-about-death-penalty?did=209&scid=23).