While views of and experiences with police vary substantially across demographic groups, there is support for a number of police reforms.
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Americans are closely divided over whether people convicted of crimes spend too much, too little or about the right amount of time in prison.
The U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020 – the largest single-year increase in more than a century.
Amid mounting public concern about violent crime in the U.S., Americans’ attitudes about police funding in their own community have shifted.
Currently, 55% of U.S. adults express at least some support for the Black Lives Matter movement, unchanged from a year ago.
The nationwide incarceration rate is 810 prison or jail inmates for every 100,000 adult residents ages 18 and older.
Here’s a closer look at public opinion on the death penalty, as well as key facts about the nation’s use of capital punishment.
Nearly eight-in-ten U.S. adults (78%) say there is some risk an innocent person will be put to death, and 63% say the death penalty does not deter people from committing serious crimes.
Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to say prosecuting those who broke in on Jan. 6 is very important and that penalties for them will likely be less severe than they should be.
A majority of Republicans say the GOP should not be accepting of Republican officials who openly criticize Donald Trump.
