Sentence examples for penalty sentiment from inspiring English sources

But he said the attacks might have changed the antideath penalty sentiment that has held sway in Rhode Island.

After an acquittal in an 1846 murder case where anti-death penalty sentiment was thought to have a role, Briggs, seeking to undercut the anti-death penalty lobby, proposed eliminating the penalty for all crimes except murder, but expressed concern that more such acquittals by sympathetic juries would undermine the connection between crime and punishment.

The 6-to-3 decision was a dramatic turnaround for a court that capitulated 13 years ago to a wave of pro-death-penalty sentiment and found no reason to bar the execution of the mentally retarded.

Many congregants expect the congregation's strong anti-death-penalty sentiments to become more public as the Petit case develops.

In a 2010 poll, 86% of respondents said the use of the death penalty was "unavoidable" – a sentiment that strengthened after a doomsday cult carried out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, killing 13 people and injuring thousands more.

The survey also looked at the use of the death penalty, noting that while public sentiment toward it remains favorable, the practice has declined dramatically in recent years.

In Italy, sentiment against the death penalty runs particularly strong.

"We fully accept the strength of Puerto Rico's interest and its moral and legal sentiment against the death penalty," the appeals court said.

As a resident of greater Boston, the feelings in Libya remind me of local sentiment regarding the death penalty verdicts of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the convicted Boston Marathon bomber.

Jesselyn McCurdy, senior legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, told VICE News that Holder's comments speak to current sentiments about the death penalty in America.

The possibility of a death sentence has turned the case into a greater spectacle, particularly in France, where strong sentiment against using the death penalty against Mr. Moussaoui has brought harsh criticism of the prosecution.