(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Jim Doyle holds a slight advantage in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial election, according to a poll by Strategic Vision. 45 per cent of respondents would support the Democratic incumbent, while 43 per cent would vote for Republican United States congressman Mark Green.
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many Dominican adults think capital punishment should be considered as an option for a specific crime, according to a poll by Gallup published in Hoy. 67.3 per cent of respondents support the death penalty for people convicted of sexual abuse against children.
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in the United States are in favour of capital punishment for specific crimes, according to a poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates for the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. 65 per cent of respondents support the death penalty for persons convicted of murder.
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in the Empire State believe the death penalty should not be used to deal with specific crimes, according to a poll by Blum and Weprin Associates published in Newsday. 53 per cent of respondents believe people convicted of murder should be sentenced to life imprisonment with absolutely no possibility of parole, while 38 per cent favour execution.
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Adults around the world hold differing views on the possible sentence for deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, according to a nine-country poll by Ipsos released by the Associated Press. 57 per cent of respondents in the United States believe the death penalty is warranted, but less than 40 per cent of respondents in the remaining nations concur.
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in the Golden State are in favour of capital punishment for certain crimes, according to a poll by Field. 63 per cent of respondents in California feel that the death penalty should be kept, down five points since 2004.
The so-called “20th hijacker” has pled guilty, but deciding his punishment will still take a long time.
(Angus Reid Global Scan) Wilson Lam – Confessed al-Qaeda member Zacarias Moussaoui was allowed back into the courtroom today as jury selection for his sentencing trial continued. Two days ago, after repeated outbursts in defiance of the presiding judge’s instructions to keep quiet, Moussaoui was escorted away as he said to the judge, “God curse you and America.”
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many Britons believe capital punishment should not be considered as an option for specific crimes, according to a poll by Ipsos-MORI. 51 per cent of respondents favour life in prison or a long sentence for murder in a terrorist attack, while 46 per cent would choose the death penalty.
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in France hold positive views on a former Socialist Party (PS) head of state, according to a poll by CSA published in Libération. 35 per cent of respondents believe Fran§ois Mitterrand is the best president of the Fifth Republic.
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in Australia disagree with the implementation of the death penalty for specific crimes, according to a poll by Roy Morgan International. 69 per cent of respondents believe the penalty for murder should be imprisonment, while 25 per cent believe it should be death.
