In Eight National Public Opinion Polls Conducted Between February 2000

In eight national public opinion polls conducted between February 2000 and May 2006, only 62-69 percent of adults or registered voters in the United States were in favor of the death penalty for a person convicted of murder. This was the lowest level of support recorded in a national poll in more than twenty years, and likely the first time the level of support had fallen below 70 percent during that period.