article_snippet: Only 48 per cent now back the death penalty for ‘some crimes’, down from 54 per cent in 2013, according to a NatCen British Social Attitudes study.
article_snippet: Public support for the death penalty has fallen below 50 per cent, a survey has found.
article_snippet: Only 48 per cent now back the death penalty for ‘some crimes’, down from 54 per cent in 2013, according to a NatCen British Social Attitudes study.
article_snippet: It is the first time that support has fallen below 50 per cent since NatCen began asking the public for the public views on capital punishment in 1986.
article_snippet: Support for the death penalty stood at 74 per cent in 1986 but had fallen to 59 per cent by 1998, according to the social research institute.
highlights_snippet: Only 48 per cent back capital punishment down from 54 per cent in 2013 .
  
highlights_snippet: When records began in 1986, 74 per cent supported the death penalty .
  