All of the Following Are True of the Death Penalty

question 45

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true of the death penalty EXCEPT

• A)support for the death penalty is declining.
• B)most Americans still support the death penalty in murder cases.
• C)as of 2016, the death penalty is no longer an option in over half of US states.
• D)DNA evidence has shown that some individuals have been wrongly convicted of murder.
• E)poorly performed lethal injections have raised the question of whether the death penalty constitutes a cruel and unusual punishment.

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