Which of the Following Statements Concerning the Death Penalty Is

question 89

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning the death penalty is false?

• A) The United States is the only Western democracy to use the death penalty as a criminal sanction.
• B) Thirty-six states have legalized the death penalty.
• C) Congress has imposed capital punishment for more than fifty federal crimes.
• D) The death penalty was never used in the United States prior to the 1950s.
• E) Texas has executed more people than any other state.

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Machine-hour

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High-low Method

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