Read the excerpts from "Wrongful Convictions" by
John R. Firman and Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.
"Wrongful Convictions"
Funding and resources. Many things you'd like to fix-
whether it's training, whether it's getting more DNA
evidence, whether it's getting it faster-a lot of this
stuff takes a lot of money, so certainly money, dollars,
and resources were discussed generally, policies and
training.
Just Mercy
Finally, we spend lots of money. Spending on jails and
prisons by state and federal governments has risen
from $6.9 billion in 1980 to nearly $80 billion today....
State governments have been forced to shift funds
from public services, education, health, and welfare to
pay for incarceration, and they now face
Which statement best describes the relationship
between the evidence in the two excerpts?
O Both excerpts show that increasing the budget for
the criminal justice system will decrease crime
rates.
Both excerpts show that the criminal justice system
does not have a suitable budget to make changes.
O The Just Mercy excerpt shows that funding for
criminal justice systems is ineffective, while the
"Wrongful Convictions" excerpt says the funding is
necessary.
O The "Wrongful Convictions" excerpt shows that the
criminal justice system has received sufficient
funding, while the Just Mercy excerpt says that it
has received too much.
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