When the government of a nation announcedrecently that a leader of the nation’s political opposition had died of amysterious illness in prison, few seasoned observers of the regime weresurprised. As the police captain in an old movie remarked when asked about thecondition of a prisoner, “We’re trying to decide whether he committed suicideor died trying to escape.”
The statements above invite which of thefollowing conclusions?
(A) Theopposition leader was probably killed trying to escape from prison.
(B) Theopposition leader may not be dead at all.
(C) It isunlikely that the head of the regime knows the true cause of the oppositionleader’s death.
(D) Theopposition leader probably killed himself.(E)
(E) The regime very likely was responsible forthe death of the opposition leader.
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