By a mar­gin of 46 – 42 per­cent, New Yorkers do not want to see the death penal­ty rein­stat­ed, accord­ing to a recent Siena Research Institute poll of state vot­ers. The poll also found that a clear major­i­ty (56 per­cent) sup­port the sen­tenc­ing option of life with­out parole over cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment.

By a mar­gin of 46 – 42 per­cent, New Yorkers do not want to see the death penal­ty rein­stat­ed, accord­ing to a recent Siena Research Institute poll of state vot­ers. The poll also found that a clear major­i­ty sup­port the sen­tenc­ing option of life with­out parole over cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment. ​“Nearly half of New York vot­ers are opposed to rein­sti­tut­ing the death penal­ty and a clear major­i­ty (56 per­cent) sup­port life with­out parole as the pre­ferred pun­ish­ment for first-degree mur­der­ers,” said Joe Caruso, Director of Polling for the Siena Research Institute. Only 29 per­cent sup­port­ed the death penal­ty when an alter­na­tive sen­tence was offered. The poll ques­tioned 600 reg­is­tered New York vot­ers between February 28 and March 4, 2005. (Siena Research Institute Press Release, March 8, 2005). See more about the sur­vey. See Public Opinion.


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