Vengeance differs from other formal legal sanctions in that
A) it seldom results in the death of the aggressor.
B) it is the responsibility of kin, rather than an impersonal outside authority.
C) it usually takes the form of ostracism, or shunning.
D) A and C.
E) none of the above.
B
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