The decline in support of the death penalty is mirrored...

The decline in support of the death penalty is mirrored in other 2000 polls in such states as Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. As support for the death penalty has dropped and the nation has become more aware of the problems associated with capital punishment, an increasing number of abolition, moratorium, and death penalty reform bills have been introduced throughout the nation.