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The Impact of Information on Death Penalty Support, Revisited

¹ University of Toledo
² Federal Bureau of Prisons
³ Utah Valley State College
⁴ The University of Toledo

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: scamp{at}bop.gov.

	Abstract

In 1972, former Supreme Court Justice Marshall postulated that the public was uninformed about the death penalty and information would change their support for it. There is some indication that information about the death penalty may change people’s level of support. This study re-examines data used by Lambert and Clarke (2001). Using multivariate analyses, the impact that information has on death penalty support is tested, along with level of prior knowledge about the death penalty, personal characteristics (gender, age, political affiliation, race, being a criminal justice major, academic level), and religious factors. The results suggest that information on both deterrence and innocence leads to a reduction in death penalty support and views on the death penalty. Furthermore, the results suggest that the information presented may have varying effects among different subgroups of people.

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