Read the excerpts from "Wrongful Convictions" by Jon
Gould and Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.
"Wrongful Convictions"
Being known to the police or having your photo in a
mug shot book means that you are more likely if you
are innocent to be wrongly convicted.
Just Mercy
We also make terrible mistakes. Scores of innocent
people have been exonerated [cleared] after being
sentenced to death and nearly executed. Hundreds
more have been released after being proved innocent
of noncapital crimes through DNA testing.
Presumptions of guilt, poverty, racial bias, and a host
of other social, structural, and political dynamics have
created a system that is defined by error, a system in
which thousands of innocent people now suffer in
prison.
Which statement best describes the relationship
between the evidence in the two excerpts?
The evidence in both excerpts shows that racial
bias plays a part in wrongful conviction.
O The evidence in both excerpts shows that
assumptions are a cause of wrongful convictions.
The evidence in both excerpts shows that poverty
is a reason for wrongful convictions.
The evidence in both excerpts shows that social
structures are a cause for wrongful convictions.