many adults in the United States are in favour of capital punishment for specific crimes...

many adults in the United States are in favour of capital punishment for specific crimes, according to a poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates for the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. 65 % of respondents support the death penalty for persons convicted of murder.
Polling Data
I’d like to get your views on some issues that are being discussed in this country today. All in all, do you strongly favour, favour, oppose, or strongly oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of murder?
        Mar. 2006           Jul. 2005          Jul. 2003
Strongly favour            27%                32%                28%
Favour                                    38%                36%                36%
Oppose                       8%                  8%                  10%
Strongly oppose           19%                16%                16%
Don’t know                 8%                  8%                  8%
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,405 American adults, conducted from Mar. 8 to Mar. 12, 2006. Margin of error is 3 %.