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Recent opinion polls usually place the U.S. public's approval of capital punishment at about 70 percent. Unlike the abortion issue, though, there doesn't seem to be equivalent passion and activism on both sides of the issue. Death penalty opponents (more often liberal) are organized and are often featured in the media, while those who favor capital punishment (more often conservative) seem to do so quietly -- a silent majority. The death penalty can be ordered in U.S.
