The Evansville Courier & Press Wants Your Vote!

Today's Evansville Courier & Press contains an article laying out the arguments against the death penalty which includes a poll asking the reader's view of the death penalty. Take a look at the article and make sure your opinion is heard!

An excerpt from the article on lack of deterrence:

And in the public, support of the death penalty has decreased by almost 30 percent since 1985. According to a Gallup Poll conducted in 2006, only 34 percent of respondents agreed that the death penalty acts as a deterrent.

"What that said to me is that support for the death penalty ... is support for the abstract death penalty," said Will McAuliffe, founder of the Indiana Coalition Acting to Suspend Executions. "You can agree with this in the abstract, but do we really agree with the reality of it?"

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