Sentence examples for support for capital from inspiring English sources

But a gruesome lethal injection gone wrong in Oklahoma has dealt death penalty supporters a potentially stunning setback this week, coming at a time when popular support for capital punishment has fallen and reliable lethal-injection chemicals are becoming harder and harder to get.

Yet public support for capital punishment may be dwindling.

Public support for capital punishment shot up and new death penalty bills flooded state legislatures.

As Americans' support for capital punishment recedes, more of their representatives will back abolition.

But, in too many states, support for capital punishment continues to overwhelm good sense.

Opinion polls regularly put support for capital punishment at over 80%.

Popular support for capital punishment is, thankfully, declining in this country.

Opinion polls put support for capital punishment among the Japanese at about 80%.

In every poll, Texans continue to voice strong support for capital punishment.

"Support for capital punishment has been linked to counter-terrorism, nationalism and religion.

First, public support for capital punishment remains strong despite the current fracas and a decade of declining crime rates.