What Was the Predominant Reason Southern Whites Used the Practice

What was the predominant reason southern whites used the practice of lynching during the New South era?

A) To protest mob rule such as that imposed during the Wilmington Insurrection
B) To assault blacks in secret outside of the public eye to avoid legal ramifications
C) To punish criminals because the courts were not tough enough on them
D) To exert social, economic, and political control on southern blacks
E) To protest the terms of the Jim Crow laws