Small majority favor death penalty

[village_person]

Bali Nine: Australian poll showing support for death penalty misleading say critics

A poll finding a slim majority of Australians support the death penalty for Australian drug traffickers – seized upon by the Indonesian government to justify the killing of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran – is crude and misleading, according to critics.

The "snap" poll by Roy Morgan Research was conducted in January by sending an SMS to the company's database of people it had previously interviewed, an uncommon method.

But what has most concerned pollsters and lawyers for Chan and Sukumaran is the question that was asked, and the ones that were not.

Morgan asked: "In your opinion if an Australian is convicted of drug trafficking in another country & sentenced to death, should the penalty be carried out?"

Those contacted were asked to reply Y for "Yes" and N for "No".

Just over half of the 2123 people respondents, 52 per cent, replied by typing "Y" on their phones.

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http://www.smh.com.au/national/bali-nine-australian-poll-showing-support-for-death-penalty-misleadin...

Things that make you go mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[vicr3000]

JJJ got in a spot of bother over a similar poll.

The quicker it is done the better, cut all this BS speculation and appeals.

[vicr3000]

I see today they have resorted to begging to the indo parliament.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@vicr3000 wrote:
I see today they have resorted to begging to the indo parliament.

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Wouldn't you in their situation?

[vicr3000]

No, probably not.

I am a bit more fatalistic when it comes to that type of thing, especially when self inlicted.

[j*oono]

I doubt it.  He'd be volunteering for the firing squad.

[vicr3000]

If the money was very very good.

[nevynreally]

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@village_person wrote:

Things that make you go mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

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The bigger mmmmmmm is a government that uses a radio stations poll to justify executing anyone.

[poddster]

If the penalty for a a crime in the particular country is the forfeiture of ones life, and the person still goes ahead and does the crime then why should the penalty not be imposed?

Taking risks  comes at a cost. Don't want to pay the cost? don't take the risk, its as simple as that

[amalan11]

  A professor in criticism of the surveys said the question was to general and should be something like"do you approve of 2 completely reformed young Australians being shot repetitively and slowly bleeding to death "

He was sure the answer would have been totally different.

I wonder how many like me  are very dubious as to how reformed they would be if free  and not locked up .Apparently Indonesia is now using the results against a pardon.