A state-wide poll by the Star Tribune Minnesota found...

A state-wide poll by the Star Tribune Minnesota found that support for the death penalty in Minnesota has fallen to 57%, down from 73% in 1996. In addition, the new poll shows in increase in opposition to the death penalty with 33% of Minnesotans now opposing the death penalty, up from the 22% that opposed executions in 1996. Minnesota is one of twelve states plus the District of Columbia that do not have the death penalty.