Support for death penalty not swayed by sniper
The recent sniper attacks had little effect on public opinion about the death penalty, a new survey data found.
Polls commissioned by the Gallup Organization during the three-week shooting spree in the Washington area showed support for the death penalty at 70 percent.
After the sniper attacks, much of the debate over where trials for suspects John Lee Malvo and John Allen Muhammad should be held focused on which jurisdiction would be most likely to give them the death penalty.
The public seems to separate current events from their overall opinion of the death penalty, Gallup officials said.
For example, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks also had little effect on death penalty support, they said.
Public support for the death penalty was at its lowest recorded level in 1966, when it was 42 percent and at its highest in 1994 at 80 percent.
Stanford, Duke considercuts to faculty
Officials at Stanford University and Duke University are considering staff cuts to deal with the budget troubles at each school.
Stanford's provost last month announced a hiring freeze and said layoffs might be included in the school's budget cuts.
In the 2004 fiscal year Stanford officials are considering an 8 percent budget cut.
At Duke, an internal report written last month suggested the school eliminate 50 arts and sciences faculty positions over the next three years.
The reductions in faculty, which the report said would not necessarily require layoffs, would put Duke's arts and sciences at its 1995 level of faculty.
The report said arts and sciences at Duke is likely to face a $1.7 million budget deficit is the 2004 fiscal year.
This deficit could increase to $6 million a year by the 2006 or 2007 fiscal year, the report said.
-- Compiled by Josh Goodman
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