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   A majority of Americans favor the death penalty for those convicted of
Lower support for death penalty tracks with falling crime rates, more
   Over the past half-century, public support for the death penalty has
   death penalty even though that stance is sometimes at odds with the
   were in the 1990s, 31 states still have the death penalty on their
   While most Americans continue to favor the death penalty for murder
   While a majority of U.S. adults still support the death penalty for
   persons convicted of murder, public support for capital punishment has
Support for death penalty drops among Americans
   More than half of Americans favor the death penalty for persons
   Public opinion about the death penalty has changed only modestly in