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Statement: Instead of limiting capital punishment to the rarest of the rare cases, it should be made mandatory for crimes like murder, rape, drug trafficking, child molestation and all anti-national activities. If a person does not respect the law, let him at least fear it. Assumptions: I. When a man is sentenced to death for whatever crime he has committed, he should at least die a painless death. II. A person convicted of a heinous crime deserves no kindness.

if only assumption I is implicit.
if only assumption II is implicit.
if either I or II is implicit.
if neither I nor II is implicit.

Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.

Explanation:

I is irrelevant. Hence I is not implicit. But II is implicit; that is why the speaker suggests the stringent punishment.

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