Your Textbook Names Several Factors That Reflect the American Public's

question 28

Multiple Choice

Your textbook names several factors that reflect the American public's sustained support for the death penalty.Three are listed below.Which of the following does NOT belong?

• A) The incapacitative power of the penalty
• B) The desire for vindictive revenge
• C) The desire to end unnecessary appeals and lawsuits from such convicts
• D) The symbolic value it has for politicians and law

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