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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
Which statement best describes the relationship
between the evidence in the two excerpts?
O The evidence in both excerpts shows that racial
bias plays a part in wrongful conviction.
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.