Will Mark Brainliest!! Read this excerpt from "Wiley, His Mama, and the Hairy Man” in The People Could Fly
But they heard a great bad laughin way off across the river. And everybody sayin it, "That’s the Hairy Man.” . . . . papa never got across Jordan because the Hairy Man block his way.

This excerpt introduces

two enemies of the hero.
two supporting characters.
the protagonist and his father.
the antagonist of the story.

Thesis - the cost of a death sentence far outweighs the costs associated with sentencing a convicted criminal to life in prison. which evidence best supports the thesis above xo a. the advent of the death penalty can be traced back to hammurabi's famous set of laws. ✓o b. the state of texas spent almost $1.2 million on the execution of leonard hughes. o c. seventeen states, including washington, currently have criminals awaiting execution o d. many people believe that the death penalty should be abolished for various reasons,