TABLE OF CONTENTS # Message Executive Summary ii iv I. Background of the Study A. The Brief History of the Death Penalty in the Philippines B. Public Opinion and the Death Penalty C. Filipino Public Opinion on the Death Penalty D. Rationale of the Paper 1 1 2 3 4 II. Methodology A. Data and Measures B. Analysis Plan 6 6 12 III. Findings A. The death penalty should be re-instated for peoples who were proven by the courts to have really committed heinous crimes B. Preference for Imprisonment Over the Death Penalty for Drug-Related Crimes 13 13 IV. Conclusion and Recommendations 18 Annex A – Tables 22 Annex B – Question Items 33 Acknowledgement 35 i 15