Sunday, February 26, 2017

Capital punishment in Australia - Public opinion (1947-2009)

The chart below reflects the results of a public opinion survey conducted by the Roy Morgan institute where responders were given the following question: "In your opinion, should the penalty for murder be death or imprisonment?" The surveyors conducted the poll for people from 14 and onwards in age with around 687 people completing the survey for publication in December 2009.[24] The results of the poll are as follows:



Reference 1: Death Penalty % and Imprisonment %.

Reference 2: December 1947, February 1953, April 1962, November 1975, October 1980, January 1986, July 1986, July 1987, February 1989, February 1990, June 1990, May 1992, May. 1993, August 1995, November 2005, December 2005 and August 2009.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Australia


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