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| STATE | POLL | DATE | RESPONSE | QUESTION |
| TX | Houston Chronicle (Feb. 2001) Stephen Brewer & Mike Tolson, A Deadly Distinction: Part III, Debate Fervent in Mental Cases, Johnny Paul Penry Illustrates a Lingering Capital Conundrum, The Houston Chronicle, Feb. 6, 2001, at A6 | 2001 | 59.9% no support 19.3% support 20.7% not sure/ no answer | "Would you support the death penalty if you were convinced the defendant were guilty, but the defendant is mentally impaired?" |
| US | Harris Poll, Unfinished Agenda on Race, Q. 32 (Sept. 1988) Saundra Torry, High Court to Hear Case on Retarded Slayer, The Washington Post, Jan. 11, 1989, at A6 | 1988 | 71% should not be executed 21% should be executed 4% depends 3% not sure/ refused | "Some people think that persons convicted of murder who have a mental age of less than 18 (or the 'retarded') should not be executed. Other people think that 'retarded' persons should be subject to the death penalty like anyone else. Which is closer to the way you feel, that 'retarded' persons should not be executed, or that 'retarded' persons should be subject to the death penalty like anyone else?" |
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