Results of the survey

We made the Survey Monkey about the death penalty few weeks ago. We promoted but got only 36 answers. I'll write the results of it.


・Gender:
Female-18 people, Male-18 people

・Age:
From 19 to 55

・Country:
Mostly from Japan and some from the U.S.

・Which do you think is cheaper?
Executing someone-26 people, keeping someone alive in the cell for the rest of their lives-10 people

・Which do you think is better to atone for a sin?
Death penalty-4 people, imprisonment for life-32 people

・Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth?
It is out of date-12 people, I can still agree with this-14 people, Never heard this before-4 people, I'm against the death penalty-6 people

・How often do you hear about the death penalty?
Weekly-6 people, monthly-16 people, yearly-14 people

・If you agree in death penalty, which one do you think is the best way to execute?
Hanging-8 people, lethal injection-14 people, doesn't agree with the death penalty-12 people

・How many countries in the world has the death penalty legal?
Under 25-2 people, under 50-6 people, under 75-10 people, 75 or more-18 people

・What kind of mistakes can happen?
Executing innocent people-34 people, the way to execute may not work-16 people, the prisoner might suicide before death penalty-14 people, the criminal refuses and fights back-4 people, other-2 people (the chemicals used in the lethal injection may be painful or fail to kill the person, the prosoner might find "death" really easy.)

・Do you think the death penalty is cruel?
Yes-12 people, maybe-16 people, no-8 people

・Do you think your impression would change if you knew the criminal?
Yes-16 people, maybe-14 people, no-6 people

・Do you think mental problems might be caused for those carrying out the execution?
Yes-22 people, maybe-6 people, no-2 people

・Do you think all the countries should ban death penalty?
Yes-10 people, maybe-10 people, no-16 people

・If you think there is a difference between murder and the death penalty, please explain your ideas.
There's difference. It's mind of oneself.
I don't think there is any difference. The death penalty is state-sponsored murder.
Murdering is just a crime, no permission from the governor, but death penalty is an order from the government, so that's not a crime.
I think that there are pros and cons to do the death penalty and it is very difficult to decide whether the death penalty is good or bad, but murder will include the mind to hate the people who are innocent, but the death penalty is the way to kill people who are sinful and dangerous to go out of the prisons because of the second offense.
I think the death penalty is a sort of murder...
Death penalty is a penalty, but I still don't agree with it.