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Recent Gallup Poll Results Indicate That Public Support for the Death

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Recent Gallup Poll results indicate that public support for the death penalty is at an all-time low, with 38 percent approving of its use as a means of punishment in the United States.


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Slippery Slope Fallacy

A logical fallacy that occurs when an argument falsely assumes that one action will lead to a series of other actions resulting in a negative outcome, without providing evidence for such a causal chain.

Fallacy Of Composition

The erroneous reasoning that what is true of the parts must also be true of the whole.

Fallacy Of Division

A logical fallacy that occurs when one assumes that something true of a whole must also be true of its parts.

Hasty Generalization

A logical fallacy where a conclusion is drawn from insufficient evidence or sample size.

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