The death penalty has sparked intense debate in Maryland in recent years — but attitudes among residents haven’t changed much.
Sixty percent of Marylanders favor use of the death penalty for people convicted of murder, while 32 percent are opposed, according to a new Washington Post poll.
Those figures don’t tell the entire story: Given a choice, more say they prefer the punishment of life in prison with no chance of parole than the death penalty — by 49 percent to 40 percent.
Neither result has changed much since The Post asked the same questions three years ago.