The death penalty in Texas:

A. reduces crime in the state
B. reduces violent crime in the state
C. leads the nation in executions
D. executes fewer people each year

How did the church gain secular power? a) monks forced massive numbers of people to convert through fear of punishment. b) the church issued interdicts, laws passed by the church regardless of secular law. c) the church's power to deny the sacraments gave the church power over christians. d) canon law established secular courts under the control of the church.