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the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)

i dont know if your mis-read or whatever but that says 30 points also. its not so very surprising knowing that the words he spoke was english, the aspect of his "language" i'd say is pretty rare and is very unique to pronounce.