As the New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee voted...

As the New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-1 to recommend that the state's death penalty law be repealed, a new poll by Northeastern University found that 55% of New Hampshire residents support abolition of the state's death penalty, 35% oppose it, and 10% are undecided. The poll, released on May 8, also shows that 78% of residents believe the death penalty is too arbitrary, and 60% believe it is better to put murderers in prison for life than to risk executing an innocent person.