Questions - Death Penalty and Aurora Shooting - February 1-2, 2015
Americans Are Still Pro-Death Penalty
Most Still Favor Death Sentence for Colorado Theater Shooter
See Toplines
Platinum Page
National Survey of 800
American Adults
Conducted February 1-2, 2015
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Do
you favor or oppose the death penalty?
2*
Does the death penalty help to deter crime?
3*
How concerned are you that some people may be executed for crimes they didn’t
commit?
4* Has your state banned the death penalty?
5* How
closely have you followed recent news reports about the trial of the suspect in
the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado?
6* If
convicted, should the suspect in the Aurora shooting incident receive the death
penalty?
7* If
he is convicted, how likely is it that the Aurora shooting suspect will receive
the death penalty?
8* If
a jury believes a suspected criminal is mentally ill, should that suspect be
punished less severely than someone who is not mentally ill?
9*
Which will do the most to reduce the number of mass murders like the one in
Colorado – stricter gun control laws, more action to treat mental health issues
or limits on violent movies and video games?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence