Public support for executions depends on euphemistic framing of the act

Evidence

What the execution of condemned inmates is called has social consequences. Polling for public support of executions is often based on these euphemisms. Were people shown the methods of death, the number of supporters would probably decline sharply. Analysis of sanitizing, euphemistic language should be extended to its impact on political debate and how it influences public policy on whether the death penalty should be adopted, maintained, reinstated, or abolished. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1906

Categorization

• QUESTION: A testable empirical claim — is there polling data showing support falls when execution methods are described graphically?
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1906
• XREF: connects to: Justice-framed speech is taboo in volunteer groups while piecemeal framing is acceptable. — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 269