Questionnaires concerning attitudes toward capital punishment, liberalism-conservatism, and the assignment of penalties in thirteen capital cases were administered to one hundred and ninety college students. All scales correlated significantly with each other, with the subjects who were opposed to capital punishment less likely to assign the death penalty in specific cases. Factor analysis showed separate factors for murderers, assassins, attitudes, and demographic data. The relationship of these findings to the Witherspoon case is discussed.