Less than half of Americans support the death penalty for murderers—the lowest level since 1971, a new poll reveals.

Driven by sharp declines among Democrats and younger adults, national backing for capital punishment has fallen below 50% for ...

Support for capital punishment in the United States has reached its lowest level in more than 50 years, with 49 percent of ...

Forty-nine percent of U.S. adults favor the death penalty for convicted murderers, the first sub-50% reading since 1971.

Support for the death penalty among U.S. adults has dropped below the majority level for the first time since 1971, a ...

A new Gallup poll said that 49% of adults in the United States are in favor of the death penalty, and 45% are opposed for the ...

Support for the death penalty for convicted murderers has dropped below the majority level for the first since 1971, ...

Unless the next governor, Xavier Becerra, keeps commuting sentences, California’s death row is likely to slowly repopulate in ...

Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement to commute death sentences for more than 500 people will clear the largest death row in ...

Now comes the work of building a justice system that earns the trust of every survivor and community it serves.