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Transcribed Image Text:**Consider the situation of Sub-Saharan Africa. Which countries today are most likely to have lawful capital punishment?**
1. Former Portuguese colonies like Angola and Mozambique
2. Former apartheid states like South Africa and Namibia
3. Former British colonies like Kenya and Nigeria
4. Former French colonies like Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire
Option 4 is marked, suggesting it's the correct answer.
Transcribed Image Text:**Death penalty abolition is correlated to the political, economic, and cultural characteristics of a country. Which of the following is NOT likely a true correlation with death penalty abolition?**
1. **Death penalty abolition is correlated to geography:** Most South American countries have abolished, while most Asian countries have not.
2. **Death penalty abolition is correlated to homicide rates:** Because the death penalty deters homicide, murder rates tend to be lower in countries that have the death penalty.
3. **Death penalty abolition is correlated to democratization:** Most democracies have abolished the death penalty, while non-democracies are more likely to retain the death penalty.
4. **Death penalty abolition is correlated to religion:** Most Roman Catholic countries have abolished the death penalty, while most Islamic countries have not.
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