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Psychologists have asserted in the past that juries in murder cases are less likely to convict a suspect if the jury members know that there is a possibility that the suspect will be sentenced to death. However, this is not shown to be true in statistics. In State X, which has the death penalty, the conviction rate in murder cases is slightly over eighty percent. In State Y, which does not have the death penalty, the conviction rate in murder cases is seventy percent.
The argument above is flawed in that it ignores the possibility that
A. State Y has a larger number of murder cases than does State X.
B. State X has a larger number of murder cases than does State Y.
C. over seventy percent of the people who live in State Y oppose the death penalty.
D. the governor of State X is a former state prosecutor, is an outspoken proponent of the death penalty, and has been reelected two times by sweeping majorities.
E. an independent look at the evidence in murder cases in State X shows that more than ninety percent of murder suspects were guilty; a similar examination of murder cases in State Y shows that seventy percent of murder suspects were guilty.
The argument above is flawed in that it ignores the possibility that
A. State Y has a larger number of murder cases than does State X.
B. State X has a larger number of murder cases than does State Y.
C. over seventy percent of the people who live in State Y oppose the death penalty.
D. the governor of State X is a former state prosecutor, is an outspoken proponent of the death penalty, and has been reelected two times by sweeping majorities.
E. an independent look at the evidence in murder cases in State X shows that more than ninety percent of murder suspects were guilty; a similar examination of murder cases in State Y shows that seventy percent of murder suspects were guilty.
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Psychologists have asserted in the past that juries in murder cases are less likely to convict a suspect if the jury members know that there is a possibility that the suspect will be sentenced to death. However, this is not shown to be true in statistics. In State X, which has the death penalty, the conviction rate in murder cases is slightly over eighty percent. In State Y, which does not have the death penalty, the conviction rate in murder cases is seventy percent.
The argument above is flawed in that it ignores the possibility that
A. State Y has a larger number of murder cases than does State X.
B. State X has a larger number of murder cases than does State Y.
C. over seventy percent of the people who live in State Y oppose the death penalty.
D. the governor of State X is a former state prosecutor, is an outspoken proponent of the death penalty, and has been reelected two times by sweeping majorities.
E. an independent look at the evidence in murder cases in State X shows that more than ninety percent of murder suspects were guilty; a similar examination of murder cases in State Y shows that seventy percent of murder suspects were guilty.
The argument above is flawed in that it ignores the possibility that
A. State Y has a larger number of murder cases than does State X.
B. State X has a larger number of murder cases than does State Y.
C. over seventy percent of the people who live in State Y oppose the death penalty.
D. the governor of State X is a former state prosecutor, is an outspoken proponent of the death penalty, and has been reelected two times by sweeping majorities.
E. an independent look at the evidence in murder cases in State X shows that more than ninety percent of murder suspects were guilty; a similar examination of murder cases in State Y shows that seventy percent of murder suspects were guilty.
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