In different countries, crimes of passion inevitably fall into different categories of punishability; however, it is widely accepted in the Western World that murders of passion carries greater severity than manslaughter but are not as severe as premeditated murder.

A) that murders of passion carries greater severity than manslaughter but are not as severe as premeditated murder
B) that if murders of passion carry greater severity, then manslaughter are not as severe as premeditated murder
C) that murders of passion are less severe than premeditated murder but are more severe than manslaughter
D) that murders of passion carry greater severity than manslaughter but is not as severe as premeditated murder
E) that there is a consensus regarding murders of passion being of greater severity than manslaughter but not being as severe as premeditated murder


OA C

Source: Economist Gmat