China Times Public Opinion Poll (Death Penalty)

China Times Public Opinion Poll

(March 19, 2010)

Survey Topic: Death Penalty

1.      Do you support abolishing the death penalty?

Yes	16%
No	84%

2.      Do you support replacing the death penalty with life sentence without parole?

Yes	35%
No	58%
Don’t know / Declined to answer	7%

3.      Do you think that convicts on death row should be executed?

Yes	77%
No	13%
Don’t know / Declined to answer	10%

4.      Do you think that the death penalty deters heinous crimes?

Yes	82%
No	11%
Don’t know / Declined to answer	7%

5.      Do you think that the abolition of the death penalty would improve Taiwan’s image for protecting human rights?

Yes	27%
No	61%
Don’t know / Declined to answer	12%

Note: The poll was conducted on March 12th with 860 people surveyed.

Sources: China Times Public Opinion Poll

http://news.chinatimes.com/2009Cti/Common/2009Cti-News-Print/0,5201,110502x112010031900605,00.html

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