Numerous Studies Have Been Conducted Looking at the Factors Involved

question 70

Multiple Choice

Numerous studies have been conducted looking at the factors involved in criminal convictions in which the convicted person ultimately turned out to be innocent of the crime. Those studies have consistently shown that the leading cause of wrongful convictions is:

• A)anterograde amnesia.
• B)eyewitness misidentification.
• C)hypnotically induced false memories.
• D)prospective memory failure.

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