Editing Capital punishment (section)

===Modern-day public opinion===
The public opinion on the death penalty varies considerably by country and by the crime in question. Countries where a majority of people are against execution include Norway, where only 25% support it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-07-27-Norway-punishment-lenient-death-penalty_n.htm |title=Can Norwegian punishment fit the crime? |work=USA Today |access-date=9 July 2014}}</ref> Most French, Finns, and Italians also oppose the death penalty.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/international-polls-and-studies |title=International Polls and Studies &#124; Death Penalty Information Center |publisher=Deathpenaltyinfo.org |access-date=9 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519112648/http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/international-polls-and-studies |archive-date=19 May 2014}}</ref> In 2020, 55% of Americans supported the death penalty for an individual convicted of murder, down from 60% in 2016, 64% in 2010, 65% in 2006, and 68% in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/1606/death-penalty.aspx |title=Death Penalty |date=24 October 2006 |publisher=Gallup |access-date=20 July 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918200018/http://news.gallup.com:80/poll/1606/Death-Penalty.aspx |archive-date=18 September 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/196676/death-penalty-support.aspx|title=U.S. Death Penalty Support at 60%|work=Gallup.com|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319132515/http://www.gallup.com/poll/196676/death-penalty-support.aspx|archive-date=19 March 2017|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15028665|work=BBC News|title=Troy Davis' execution and the limits of Twitter|date=23 September 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923093611/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15028665|archive-date=23 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/144284/support-death-penalty-cases-murder.aspx|title=In U.S., 64% Support Death Penalty in Cases of Murder|date=8 November 2010|publisher=Gallup.com|access-date=30 April 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429084914/http://www.gallup.com/poll/144284/Support-Death-Penalty-Cases-Murder.aspx|archive-date=29 April 2012}}</ref> In 2020, 43% of Italians expressed support for the death penalty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thevision.com/attualita/pena-morte-italia/|title = Il 43% degli italiani vuole la pena di morte: Una conseguenza della crisi e della cultura dell'odio|date = 15 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/coronavirus/covid-censis-la-meta-degli-italiani-a-favore-della-pena-di-morte-709965.html|title=Covid, 2020 anno della paura. 43% degli italiani a favore della pena di morte|date=4 December 2020|website=Affaritaliani.it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lastampa.it/topnews/lettere-e-idee/2020/12/05/news/pena-di-morte-il-43-degli-italiani-e-a-favore-l-odio-e-diventato-quotidiano-miseria-e-brutalita-nel-paese-di-beccaria-1.39620527 |title=Pena di morte, il 43% degli italiani è a favore: l'odio è diventato quotidiano. Miseria e brutalità nel Paese di Beccaria |work=La Stampa |language=it |last=Di Cesare |first=Donatella |date=5 December 2020 |access-date=16 November 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205051917/https://www.lastampa.it/topnews/lettere-e-idee/2020/12/05/news/pena-di-morte-il-43-degli-italiani-e-a-favore-l-odio-e-diventato-quotidiano-miseria-e-brutalita-nel-paese-di-beccaria-1.39620527 |archive-date=5 December 2020 }}</ref>

In Taiwan, polls and research have consistently shown strong support for the death penalty at 80%. This includes a survey conducted by the [[National Development Council (Taiwan)|National Development Council of Taiwan]] in 2016, showing that 88% of Taiwanese people disagree with abolishing the death penalty.<ref>{{cite web |title=八成八民眾不贊成廢除死刑 |url=https://www.ndc.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=1A876BE08B130FDA&sms=C494EE4722A59019&s=EB579320CE2D72C6 |website=National Development Council |date = 21 April 2016|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=張 |first1=乃文 |title=ET民調／92.1％民眾支持維持死刑 93％挺政府立即執行 |url=https://www.ettoday.net/news/20191228/1612437.htm |access-date=20 April 2021 |agency=ETtoday |publisher=東森新媒體控股股份有限公司 |date=28 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=蕭 |first1=承訓 |last2=陳 |first2=志賢 |last3=郭 |first3=建伸 |last4=周 |first4=毓翔 |title=本報民調 8成反廢死！8成6促盡速執行死刑 |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20180717000504-260106?chdtv |access-date=20 April 2021 |agency=中國時報 |publisher=China Times Group |date=17 July 2018}}</ref> Its continuation of the practice drew criticism from local rights groups.<ref>{{cite news |title=Taiwan woman faces execution over fire that killed 46 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/taiwan-woman-faces-execution-over-fire-that-killed-46/articleshow/89037410.cms |work=The Times of India |date=21 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

The support and sentencing of capital punishment has been growing in India in the 2010s<ref name="slate.com">{{cite web |last=Keating |first=Joshua |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/04/04/gang_rapists_sentenced_to_death_in_india_is_capital_punishment_starting.html |title=Gang rapists sentenced to death in India: Is capital punishment making a global comeback? |publisher=Slate.com |date=4 April 2014 |access-date=9 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706073215/http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/04/04/gang_rapists_sentenced_to_death_in_india_is_capital_punishment_starting.html |archive-date=6 July 2014}}</ref> due to anger over several recent brutal cases of rape, even though actual executions are comparatively rare.<ref name="slate.com"/> While support for the death penalty for murder is still high in China, executions have dropped precipitously, with 3,000 executed in 2012 versus 12,000 in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/news/china/21582557-most-worlds-sharp-decline-executions-can-be-credited-china-strike-less-hard |title=The death penalty: Strike less hard – Most of the world's sharp decline in executions can be credited to China |newspaper=The Economist |date=3 August 2013 |access-date=9 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803145708/http://www.economist.com/news/china/21582557-most-worlds-sharp-decline-executions-can-be-credited-china-strike-less-hard |archive-date=3 August 2014}}</ref> A poll in South Africa, where capital punishment is abolished, found that 76% of millennial South Africans support re-introduction of the death penalty due to increasing incidents of rape and murder.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Youth-want-death-penalty-reinstated-20130222 |title=Youth 'want death penalty reinstated' |work=News24 |date=22 February 2013 |access-date=9 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519221606/http://www.news24.com/southafrica/news/youth-want-death-penalty-reinstated-20130222 |archive-date=19 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/86844/why-the-death-penalty-wont-solve-sas-crime-problem/|title=Why the death penalty won't solve SA's crime problem|date=9 May 2015|website=BusinessTech}}</ref>
A 2017 poll found younger Mexicans are more likely to support capital punishment than older ones.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://phys.org/news/2017-03-death-penalty-mexico.html |title=Study examines death penalty support in Mexico |date=28 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228172630/https://phys.org/news/2017-03-death-penalty-mexico.html |archive-date=28 December 2017}}</ref> 57% of Brazilians support the death penalty. The age group that shows the greatest support for execution of those condemned is the 25 to 34-year-old category, in which 61% say they support it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2018/01/1949074-support-for-death-penalty-at-record-levels-among-brazilians-datafolha-finds.shtml/ |title=Folha de S.Paulo: Notícias, Imagens, Vídeos e Entrevistas |access-date=10 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109153132/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2018/01/1949074-support-for-death-penalty-at-record-levels-among-brazilians-datafolha-finds.shtml |archive-date=9 January 2018}}</ref>

A 2023 poll by Research Co. found that 54% of Canadians support reinstating the death penalty for murder in their country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Majority of Canadians are in favour of bringing back the death penalty, new poll suggests |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/03/17/majority-of-canadians-are-in-favour-of-bringing-back-the-death-penalty-new-poll-suggests.html |website=[[Toronto Star]] |date=2023-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327073227/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/03/17/majority-of-canadians-are-in-favour-of-bringing-back-the-death-penalty-new-poll-suggests.html |archive-date=2023-03-27 |url-status=live |last1=Jiang |first1=Kevin}}</ref> In April 2021 a poll found that 54% of Britons said they would support reinstating the death penalty for those convicted of terrorism in the UK, while 23% of respondents said they would be opposed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://redfieldandwiltonstrategies.com/slight-increase-in-support-for-death-penalty-for-convicted-terrorists/|title=Slight Increase in Support for Death Penalty for Convicted Terrorists|website=Redfieldandwiltonstrategies.com|date=7 April 2021|access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref> In 2020, an Ipsos/Sopra Steria survey showed that 55% of the French people support re-introduction of the death penalty; this was an increase from 44% in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20200917-new-poll-shows-jump-in-number-of-french-people-in-favour-of-the-death-penalty|title = Massive jump in number of French people in favour of the death penalty – poll|date = 17 September 2020}}</ref>