Which of the following is NOT one of the possible reasons for why the United States appears to be moving towards abolition of the death penalty

a. the decrease in the violent crime rate in the United States
b. changing public attitudes towards the death penalty
c. increase in the number of exonerations in death penalty cases
d. pressure from the international community to abolish


A

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