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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·FEBRUARY 21, 2007

many adults in the Sunflower State believe capital punishment...

many adults in the Sunflower State believe capital punishment should be permitted, according to a poll by SurveyUSA released by KWCH-TV. 69 % of respondents support the death penalty.

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many adults in the Sunflower State believe capital punishment should be permitted, according to a poll by SurveyUSA released by KWCH-TV. 69 % of respondents support the death penalty.
Kansas has not executed anyone since the death penalty was reinstated. In all, seven inmates have been sentenced to death in the Sunflower State and await their appeals at the El Dorado Correctional Center. 56 % of respondents would choose various forms of life imprisonment instead of capital punishment for a person convicted of 1st degree murder.
Polling Data
In general, do you support or oppose the death penalty?
Support----69%
Oppose---- 27%
Not sure----4%
More specifically now, if someone is found guilty of 1st-degree murder, which of these 4 punishments is best? 1: death. 2: life in prison without parole. 3: life in prison without parole, with the inmate required to make payments to the victim's family from work the inmate does in prison. 4: life in prison, with parole possible after 50 years, if the inmate has made payment in full to the victim’s family.
Death----44%
Life In Prison Without Parole----15%
Life In Prison, No Parole, Payments----30%
Life In Prison, Parole After 50 Years, Payments----11%
[source: SurveyUSA / KWCH-TV----------Methodology: Telephone interviews with 500 Kansas adults, conducted on Feb. 12, 2007. Margin of error is 4.2 %.]
SOURCES
  • (Sources: Angus Reid Global Monitoring, 21/02/2007)