*_MAJORITY OF AUSTRALIANS NOW BELIEVE VAN NGUYEN SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANGED _*

Now 52% of Australians (up 5% since his execution) agree Van Nguyen's death penalty should have been carried out, 44% (down 2%), believe he shouldn't have been executed and 4% (down 3%) are undecided a special telephone Morgan Poll conducted on December 7/8 finds.

A majority of Australians (54%) also believe that the Bali Nine if found guilty and sentenced to death, should have the penalty carried out, 43% believe they shouldn't and 3% are undecided.

Even more Australians (77%) believe Amrozi, convicted for his role in the 2002 Bali Bombings, should be executed, 20% say it shouldn't be carried out and 3% are undecided.

Seventy-seven percent of Australians believe Saddam Hussein should be executed if he is found guilty of human rights abuses and sentenced to death by an Iraqi Court, 19% believe it shouldn't be carried out and 4% are undecided.

*Gary Morgan says: *

/" Despite the majority of Australians being opposed to the death penalty for those convicted of murder, a majority (52%, up 5%) now agree that the death sentence should have been imposed on convicted drug smuggler Van Nguyen. Many reasoned that 'the law is the law' while others had less sympathy for drug traffickers because their actions can ultimately kill young Australians. A similar proportion (54%) think that if the " Bali Nine" are convicted and the death sentence imposed, it should be carried out. /

/" Australians are even less forgiving when it comes to Bali bomber Amrozi and former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein - 77% think the death penalty should be carried out on Amrozi, and on Saddam Hussein if he is found guilty of human rights abuses. " /

*Full details:* *_http://www.roymorgan.com/news/polls/2005/3944/_*

December 9th 2005