Entries tagged with “Public Policy Polling”
Policy Issues
Mental Illness
,Public Opinion
,Recent Legislative Activity
,Apr 14, 2022
Kentucky Becomes Second State to Bar Imposing Death Penalty on Those Diagnosed as Seriously Mentally Ill
Kentucky has become the second state in the U.S. to bar imposing the death penalty on those diagnosed as seriously mentally ill. On April 8, 2022, Governor Andy Beshear (pictured) signed HB 269 into law, as Kentucky joined neighboring Ohio in exempting severely mentally ill defendants from capital…
Policy Issues
Costs
,Public Opinion
,Feb 10, 2017
POLL: Nearly Two-Thirds in Utah Prefer Life-Sentencing Alternatives to the Death Penalty
According to a new poll, nearly two-thirds of Utah residents say they prefer some form of life sentence, rather than the death penalty, as the punishment for murder, and a majority support replacing the death penalty with a sentence of life without possibility of…
Policy Issues
Sentencing Alternatives
,Public Opinion
,Jun 28, 2021
Poll: Three-Quarters of Dallas Voters Say They Prefer Life Alternatives to Capital Punishment
Three quarters of Dallas, Texas voters say they prefer some version of life imprisonment over the death penalty for people convicted of first-degree murder, a new poll has…
Facts & Research
Public Opinion
,Recent Legislative Activity
,Jul 17, 2018
POLL: Washington State Voters Overwhelmingly Prefer Life Sentences to Death Penalty
A new poll of likely voters in Washington State shows that Washingtonians are nearly 3 times more likely to prefer some form of a life sentence to the death penalty as punishment for defendants convicted of…