Which of the following statements concerning the death penalty is false?
A) The United States is the only Western democracy to use the death penalty as a criminal sanction.
B) Thirty-six states have legalized the death penalty.
C) Congress has imposed capital punishment for more than fifty federal crimes.
D) The death penalty was never used in the United States prior to the 1950s.
E) Texas has executed more people than any other state.
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