Why does the author likely include the story of William Offett in the beginning of the passage (Paragraphs 1-6) ?

A. to condemn Mrs. Underwood for her actions and to embarrass her for her lie

B. to compare an example of a black man wrongly accused of rping a white woman to a white man accused of rping a black woman

C. to compare an example of a black man in the North wrongly accused of r*pe to similar cases in the South that ended in lynching

D. to prove that there is always hope for innocent people sent to prison and that they can eventually be released

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18 August, 20:54

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Eden Key · Answer 1

i feel as it is c