The leading cause of wrongful convictions is
A) overzealous police and prosecutors who develop "tunnel vision".
B) inadequate representation by incompetent or overworked attorneys.
C) subjective forensic analysis (e.g., fingerprints) that are taken to be scientific and unerring.
D) mistaken eyewitness identification.
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