GMAT Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: The legislature of the Philippines voted recently to abolish

The conclusion of the argument is that the majority of American citizens believe in the death penalty while the majority of Filipino citizens do not. This conclusion is based solely on the fact that the death penalty is legal in the United States while it is now illegal in the Philippines. The argument assumes that there is a link between the legal status of capital punishment and the beliefs of the majority of citizens.
(A) While the number of murders per year might influence beliefs about capital
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