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MPR Poll results: Criminal justice issues
February 4, 2004

— QUESTION: Do you feel that Minnesota's current provisions for the punishment of convicted sex offenders are too tough, too lenient, or adequate?

Option	State	Men	Women
Too tough	1%	1%	1%
Too lenient	73%	68%	78%
Adequate	18%	22%	14%
Not sure	8%	9%	7%

QUESTION: Once a convicted sex offender has served his/her prison sentence, do you feel the state of Minnesota should or should not be able to keep them under electronic surveillance?

Option	State	Men	Women
Should	84%	79%	89%
Should not	7%	11%	3%
Not sure	9%	10%	8%

QUESTION: Overall, how would you rate the job that the Minnesota corrections system is doing in protecting the public from convicted sex offenders?

Option	State	Men	Women
Excellent	2%	3%	1%
Good	31%	29%	33%
Fair	43%	43%	43%
Poor	16%	17%	15%
Undecided	8%	8%	8%

QUESTION: Do you support or oppose establishing the death penalty in Minnesota?

Option	State	Men	Women
Support	44%	54%	34%
Oppose	46%	39%	53%
Undecided	10%	7%	13%

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POLL METHODOLOGY

The Mason-Dixon Minnesota Poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C. from January 26 through January 28, 2004. A total of 625 registered Minnesota voters were interviewed statewide by telephone. All stated they regularly vote in state elections.

Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross-section of exchanges were utilized in order to ensure an accurate reflection of the state. Quotas were assigned to reflect voter turn-out county.

The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 4 percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the "true" figure would fall within that range if the entire population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any subgroup, such as a regional or gender grouping.

Sample Figures: Men 310 (50%)
Women 315 (50%)

Region	Interviews
Minneapois-St. Paul	351 interviews
Rochester/Southeast	73 interviews
Southwest Minnesota	64 interviews
Northwest Minnesota	68 interviews
Duluth/Northeast	69 interviews

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