The Most Important Factor in the Majority of the Cases

question 99

Multiple Choice

The most important factor in the majority of the cases where DNA evidence led to the overturning of a unjust conviction of an innocent person was ________.

• A)false confessions
• B)faulty eyewitness identification
• C)the use of jailhouse snitches
• D)the use of "junk" science

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