Read the excerpts from "Wrongful Convictions” by John R. Firman and Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.

"Wrongful Convictions”

[In addition, we need to look at] post-arrest case review . . . the team will sit down and say, "Let us go back and look for any potential red flags, where we can say that even though we’ve hung our hat on this case and we think this is the right person, this is the right offender, then the bottom line is, let’s go back, let’s stop, let’s just stop everything, get the checklist out—just like pilots do, just like doctors do—and say, ‘What do we have here? What does this case really look like?’”

Just Mercy

The closer we get to mass incarceration and extreme levels of punishment, the more I believe it’s necessary to recognize that we all need mercy, we all need justice, and—perhaps—we all need some measure of unmerited grace.

Which word best describes the tone in both excerpts?

A) frustrated

B) determined

C) apprehensive

D) scornful

This is because, based on the given narration, there is a description of wrongly incarcerated persons and how their cases should be reviewed and brought out again for retrial.

What is Tone?

This refers to the author's feelings that is used when making a narration based on a particular story.

Hence, we can see that the word that best describes the tone in both excerpts is B) determined

This is because, based on the given narration, there is a description of wrongly incarcerated persons and how their cases should be reviewed and brought out again for retrial.