Attitudes toward the death penalty are multifaceted and strongly held, but little research
outside of the death-qualification literature has focused on the role that such attitudes and …

Two studies explored the relationship between attitudes toward the death penalty and
support for or rejection of aggravating and mitigating circumstances in a capital trial. Jurors …

This study examines the influence on death penalty opinions of participating in a college
class on the death penalty. Students in the class (the experimental group) and in another …

Attitudes toward the death penalty are consistently predictive of jurors' verdicts in criminal
trials. Two studies were conducted to find out why. In Study 1, eligible jurors viewed a …

The study shows that while there are some differences in the factors that are significantly
related to uninformed versus informed death penalty opinions, there also are significant …

This literature review summarizes the existing research examining how the attitude a
potential juror has toward the death penalty impacts on the probability of favoring conviction …

There are large bodies of research on the deterrent value of the death penalty and public
attitudes towards capital punishment. However, little is known about how jurors decide …

These studies investigated the differential inclination to convict as well as the demographic
and personality differences between impaneled felony jurors who varied in their approval of …

Despite more than 50 years of scientific polling and a substantial body of research, an
understanding of American opinion on the death penalty remains problematic. This …

Research studying the public's attitudes toward capital punishment has typically assessed
whether individuals favor or oppose the use of the death penalty, without examining the …