US public support for the death penalty fell sharply from 2007 to 2012

Evidence

Of the various justifications, the public favors retribution and vengeance, followed by economic savings and deterrence (Newport, 2011). Recent years, however, have witnessed a substantial decline in the view that the death penalty is morally acceptable, from a peak of 71% in 2007 to a low of 58% in 2012. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1897

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1897