USA - New Hampshire. A poll found that 57 % said that the death penalty is an appropriate maximum punishment for a police killing

A Monitor poll, conducted by Research 2000 this week, found that 57 % of those asked said that the death penalty is an appropriate maximum punishment for a police killing; 39 % favored life in prison without the possibility of parole; 4 % said they weren't sure. The poll surveyed 600 likely voters and had a 4 % margin of error. The poll comes as the state prosecutes two capital murder trials, the 1st of their kind in decades. The numbers represent a shift since the last time public opinion on the death penalty was measured here. A 2000 poll performed by Northeastern University found 55 % support for abolishing capital punishment in the state. That year, legislators passed a bill to do so, but it was vetoed by then-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen. Prosecutors in New Hampshire have been sparing in their use of the charge, even in applicable cases. There have been a handful of capital murder charges in recent years, but they have ended in plea bargains that have not resulted in death sentences. The state's last execution occurred in the 1930s.