本文就有關死刑民意本身就國際之相關研究追究尚题的根本，再根據2006年台灣社含意向調查較爲多量而有系統的一組有關死刑的問卷题組，包括各種封死刑是否應該廢除的熊度、對不同重型犯罪行爲是否應該判死刑、對廢除或堅持死刑的理由、以及對法律處置犯罪相關者的熊度等，進行分析探討。結果顯示民衆對廢除死刑的意見是很複雜的，雖然台灣民衆有76%的民衆表示不贊成的熊度，但相對於十餘年来的調查，贊成者卻也大幅上升到21%同時，贊成以終身監禁不得假釋取代死刑者則有53%，超過不贊成者，有62%贊成死緩，而只有24%贊成暫時停止執行死刑。進一步的分析發现對死刑是否具有遏止重大犯罪作用以及是否韶爲生命是尊贵的，是影響民衆對死刑熊度的重大因素。然而包括教育、宗教、年齡、性别等因素則多無顯著的影響。

This author discusses the public opinion related death penalty by reviewing the relevant international studies and pinpoints the key controversies. Then, the survey data from Taiwan Image Survey 2006 are analyzed to find out people's complicated attitudes regarding death penalty. The major findings of the survey analyses show that the public opinions regarding abolishment of death penalty are very complicated. Although 76% of the respondents disagree to abolish the death penalty, 21% of them agree which showing very significant increase in recent years. At the same time, 53% of respondents agree to substitute death penalty by lifelong imprisonment without parole. More than 60% of the respondents approve to postpone execution for reviewing case, but only 24% agree the administration to stop execution temporarily. Further analyses demonstrates the attitudes toward deterrence of death penalty and dignity of life affect people's opinion regarding abolishing or maintaining death penalty significantly. However, education, religion, age, and gender reveal no influence.