Support of capital punishment has been weakening in the United States, mostly due to public concern that ______.
a. the international community strongly disapproves of it
b. the system might be executing innocent people
c. it is inherently wrong in principle
d. it encourages violent behavior
e. the death sentence isn’t used often enough in criminal cases
b. the system might be executing innocent people
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