Which Is Not an Argument That Supports the Death Penalty

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which is not an argument that supports the death penalty?

• A) The Bible describes methods of executing criminals.
• B) The death penalty seems to be in keeping with the current mode of dispensing punishment.
• C) Support for capital punishment among whites is skewed by racial attitudes.
• D) The death penalty is sometimes the only real threat available to deter crime.

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