Now, that's really good compared to the mid-1980s, when it was in excess of 80 percent, but we can't explain the decline in death sentences and the affinity for life without the possibility of parole by an erosion of support for the death penalty, because people still support the death penalty.
Itu memang jauh lebih baik daripada pertengahan 1980-an, ketika angkanya di atas 80 persen. Tetapi kita tidak bisa menjelaskan penurunan vonis mati dan meningkatnya vonis seumur hidup tanpa peluang keringanan dengan mengatakan dukungan terhadap hukuman mati telah menurun, karena masyarakat masih mendukungnya.