40% of Americans want the death penalty imposed more often

Solid Majority Continue to Support Death Penalty

- 61% of U.S. adults favor use of the death penalty 

- 37% oppose, higher than in the recent past 

- Blacks more likely to oppose death penalty

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- About six in 10 Americans favor the use of the death penalty for a person convicted of murder, similar to 2014. This continues a gradual decline in support for the procedure since reaching its all-time high point of 80% in 1994 .... http://www.gallup.com