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United Press International - NewsTrack - U.S. death penalty popularity dropping
United Press International - NewsTrack - U.S. death penalty popularity dropping
WASHINGTON, March 23 (UPI) -- Several U.S. states have suspended carrying out death sentences as capital punishment undergoes another round of judicial inquiries.Technorati Tags: death penalty, execution, moratorium
Eight of the 38 states that have the death penalty on their books have stopped the practice because of a series of legal moves, including three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, Stateline.org reported.
A Gallup poll last October showed that 64 percent of U.S. respondents favored the death penalty but that is down from 80 percent in 1994.
