Cite as: 536 U. S. 304 (2002)
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| STATE | POLL | DATE | RESPONSE | QUESTION |
| US | Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, Time/CNN Poll, Q. 14 (July 7, 1989) Samuel R. Gross, Second Thoughts: Americans' Views on the Death Penalty at the Turn of the Century, Capital Punishment and the American Future (Feb. 2001) | 1989 | 61% oppose 27% favor 12% not sure | "Do you favor or oppose the death penalty for mentally retarded individuals convicted of serious crimes, such as murder?" |
| US | The Tarrance Group, Death Penalty Poll, Q. 9 (Mar. 1993) Samuel R. Gross, Update: American Public Opinion on the Death Penalty—It's Getting Personal, 83 Cornell L. Rev. 1448, 1467 (1998) | 1993 | 56% not all right 32% is all right 11% unsure | "Some people feel that there is nothing wrong with imposing the death penalty on persons who are mentally retarded, depending on the circumstances. Others feel that the death penalty should never be imposed on persons who are mentally retarded under any circumstances. Which of these views comes closest to your own?" |
| US | Public Policy Research, Crime in America, Q. 72 (July 1995) | 1995 | 67% likely to oppose 7% likely to favor 26% wouldn't matter | "For each item please tell me if you would be more likely to favor the death penalty, more likely to oppose the death |
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