article_snippet: Survey by NatCen also found that at present Ukip voters are more likely to support the death penalty, with 75 per cent in favour.
article_snippet: Rachel Ormston, co-head of social attitudes at NatCen, said: “
article_snippet: The big change in public attitudes to the death penalty came in the 1990s at a time when attitudes to a range of other issues, like same-sex relationships and sex before marriage were also liberalising.
article_snippet: It could be the continuation of this liberalising trend or, perhaps, a response to the shocking botched executions in the United States that were widely reported in April and July of last year.
article_snippet: ” Clare Algar, executive director of the legal charity Reprieve, said: “
article_snippet: This welcome finding finally debunks the myth that, given half the chance, the British people would vote to bring back hanging.
article_snippet: Brits in increasing numbers agree that the death penalty has no place in a civilised society.
article_snippet: Capital punishment has little to do with justice or crime deterrence, and all countries, including the UK, should be working towards global abolition.
highlights_snippet: Survey by NatCen found Ukip voters most likely to support the measure .