Read the following excerpt from the
passage.

Friends and fellow citizens: I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted in the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. Why does the author choose the word
crime to describe her having voted?

A. She is demonstrating that she has a
limited knowledge of crime.

B. She is proposing that America should
change its criminal laws.

C. She is indicating that she feels guilty
over having voted.

D. She is using the term ironically,
because it is not a constitutional crime