Did you know:

Public support for the death penalty is at lowest point in over 30 years--60% in favor;

down from a high of 80% supporting the death penalty in the mid-1990s.

Trends:

Background checks • Crime rates • Deportations • Executions •

Drug arrests • Jail inmates • Murder weapons • Prisoners •

Public corruption • U.S. correctional population

Focus on: Terrorism

Quick fact:

Based on a public opinion survey done in 2013, more than half (52%)

of respondents believe the death penalty is applied fairly in the U.S.

and nearly two-thirds (62%) believe it is morally acceptable.

