Should the death penalty be reinstated?
The death penalty or capital punishment is the punishment by death for a crime. Currently 58 countries worldwide allow the death penalty (including the U.S.) while 97 countries have outlawed it.
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Māori electorate
Electorate
Response rates from 260k New Zealand voters.
37% Yes |
63% No |
27% Yes |
60% No |
9% Yes, but only for horrific crimes with undeniable evidence |
2% No, spending life in prison is a harsher sentence |
0% Yes, but the victim’s family should decide the punishment |
1% No, too many people are innocently convicted |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 260k New Zealand voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 260k New Zealand voters.
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Unique answers from New Zealand voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9J78RN2 11mos11MO
Seat life in prison and women's with the younger teens and the warrant to arrested by the local police and the areas been theatre of threaten by harmed helped
@9HK9YD6 1yr1Y
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@9G5TNN71yr1Y
Yes, for murder. Most other serious crimes can be punished with incarceration in a penal gulag. Criminals should work to repay society for their deeds
@9G4B2WD1yr1Y
only if they did a terrible crime like the man who commited the terrible crime of killing the muslim people in christchurch
@9DF9TRB1yr1Y
No but I think life sentences are a joke and more time needs to be given to those who commit horrific offences such as murder or sexual assault
@9DDK5DV1yr1Y
Yes, but only in cases where extreme harm to communities can be proven, for example: reckless disregard for or intentional environmental pollution/habitat destruction or high level financial fraud.
@9DD79TG1yr1Y
Where there is concrete proof (video evidence, multiple eye witness accounts), that someone has committed a hideous crime, then this form of capital punishment may be considered
Where a prosecution has only managed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that someone likely committed the crime, then this is not a suitable punishment, as future technology or evidence may overturn the verdict
@9DD5BB21yr1Y
Yes, but only if the evidence is undeniable and they have had an assessment suggesting they would recommit crime if released
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