QUESTION
001: Do you approve or disapprove of the court martial finding
that Lt. Calley is guilty of premeditated murder? (If 'Disapprove',
ask:) Do you disapprove of the verdict because you think what
happened at My Lai was not a crime, or because you think many
others besides Lt. Calley share the responsibility for what happened?
Approve |
11%
|
Disapprove/Not
a crime |
15% |
Disapprove/Others
share responsibility |
56% |
Disapprove/Both
reasons (vol.) |
1% |
Disapprove/Other
reasons (vol.) |
5% |
No
opinion |
11% |
QUESTION
002: Do you think Lt. Calley is being made the scapegoat for the
actions of others above him or not (with regard to the My Lai
incident)?
Yes |
70% |
No |
12% |
No
opinion |
18%
|
QUESTION
003: Do you think the (Lt.) Calley sentence of life imprisonment
(after his court martial finding of guilty in the My Lai incident)
is fair or too harsh, or too lenient?
Fair |
13% |
Too
harsh |
79% |
Too
lenient |
1% |
No
opinion |
7% |
From
a telephone survey of 522 adults from across the United States
conducted by The Gallup Organization for Newsweek in April, 1971.
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