Spring 2004
The Future of Capital Punishment: Current Policies and New Debates
Learning Links and Readings
Public Opinion
Americans
Views on the Death Penalty: Nationwide Survey among 802 Registered Voters Conducted August
18 to 23, 2000. The Justice Project, 2000.
Attitudes
toward the Death Penalty for Persons Convicted of Murder, by Demographic Characteristics,
United States, 2000 (Table 2.63). Bureau of Justice Statistics Sourcebook of
Criminal Justice Statistics 1999, p. 136.
Attitudes
toward the Death Penalty for Persons Convicted of Murder, United States, Selected Years,
1953-2000 (Table 2.62). Bureau of Justice Statistics Sourcebook of Criminal
Justice Statistics 1999, p. 136.
Attitudes
toward the Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty, by Demographic Characteristics, United
States, 1999 (Table 2.65). Bureau of Justice Statistics Sourcebook of
Criminal Justice Statistics 1999, p. 137.
Death
Penalty Support Softening, Polls Show by Janet Elder. The New York Times on
the Web, June 22, 2000.
Drop in
Minorities Support for Death Penalty. American Civil Liberties Union
Freedom Network, July 11, 2000.
New Survey Shows Overwhelming Majority Supports Changes to Death
Penalty. The Justice Project News Release, September 14, 2000.
Public Opinion
about the Death Penalty. Death Penalty Information Center.
Recent Poll Results from Around the Country. The
Justice Project.
Reported
Reasons for Favoring the Death Penalty, United States, 2000 (Table 2.64).
Bureau of Justice Statistics Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1999, p.
136.

