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Thank you for the link. I guess I should never count out the Brits when it comes to these things! ;) The last reliable thing I found for Germany was an article
by rmk2 10y ago
Thank you for the link. I guess I should never count out the Brits when it comes to these things! ;) The last reliable thing I found for Germany was an article that cited a rise to 25% after something or other in 2014, which is why I didn't quite expect those numbers. But in these days...
- cm3 10y agoThis isn't unique to the UK. Germany: http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article134799279/ http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article134799279/ USA: http://www.people-press.org/2015/04/16/less-support-for-death-penalty-especially-among-democrats/ http://www.people-press.org/2015/04/16/less-support-for-deat...
- rmk2 10y agoIt kind of is, though? The US don't count, they have the death penalty and are not a European country, but the UK, just like basically all other European countries (not just EU countries) excluding Belarus & Kazakhstan are members of the Council of Europe, where membership requires abolishing the death penalty. Also, the article for Germany showed, as I said, a rise to 25%, which is really rather far from anything approaching a majority, while the BBC article talked about a decline to 50%. So there is quite a difference.