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| STATE | POLL | DATE | RESPONSE | QUESTION |
| Polling Institute, Death Penalty Survey Info., Q. 35 (Apr. 23, 2001) | 11% don't know | murder who are mentally retarded should or should not receive the death penalty?" | ||
| FL | Amnesty International Martin Dyckman, Death Penalty's High Price, St. Petersburg Times, Apr. 19, 1992, at 3D | 1986 | 71% opposed | [not provided] |
| GA | Georgia State University Tracy Thompson, Executions of Retarded Opposed, Atlanta Journal, Jan. 6, 1987, at 1B | 1987 | 66% opposed 17% favor 16% depends | [not provided] |
| LA | Marketing Research Inst., Loyola Death Penalty Survey, Q. 7 (Feb. 1993) | 1993 | 77.7% no 9.2% yes 13% uncertain | "Would you vote for the death penalty if the convicted person is mentally retarded?" |
| LA | Louisiana Poll, Poll 104, Q. 9 (Apr. 2001) | 2001 | 68% no 19% yes 11% no opinion 2% won't say | "Do you believe mentally retarded people, who are convicted of capital murder, should be executed?" |
| MD | Survey Research Center, University of Maryland (Nov. 1988) | 1988 | 82% opposed 8% favor 10% other | "Would you favor or oppose the death penalty for a person convicted of murder if he or she is mentally retarded?" |
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