A May 2004 poll by the polit­i­cal con­sult­ing firm of Ayres McHenry and Associates found that 66% of respon­dents sup­port cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment for mur­der, a fig­ure that reflects the low­er sup­port for the death penal­ty found in sev­er­al polls tak­en in 2003. (Ayres McHenry and Associates, May 2004) In 2003, polling results pub­lished by Gallup Poll, ABC News, and the Pew Research Center all mea­sured sup­port for cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment at 64%, sig­nif­i­cant­ly below the public’s sup­port for cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment in the 1990s. See Public Opinion.

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