Multiple Choice
Which of the following reasons was selected by half of all respondents who favored the death penalty in a recent Gallup poll?
A) "an eye for an eye"/convicted deserve to be executed
B) save taxpayers money/cost associated with prison
C) deterrence
D) arbitrary and discriminatory application
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