All of the following are reasons that a majority of death penalty convictions have been overturned except :

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While there have certainly been instances of incompetent prosecutors, the majority of death penalty convictions that have been overturned were not due to incompetence on the part of prosecutors. Rather, the most common reasons for overturned convictions include inadequate/ incompetent defense counsel, suppression of exculpatory evidence, false confessions, and prosecutorial misconduct.

All of the Following Are Reasons That a Majority of Death