[CT] Chapter 1: Goals of Criminal Adjudication (Bolded) Flashcards
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Adversarial system
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Where each side is given an opportunity to show its case. The meaning behind it, is both sides have an equal opportunity to represent their versions of the story.
2
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What are the two goals that make up American criminal adjudication?
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1) to discover the truth
2) to promote justice
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What is our judicial system based on?
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Our judicial system is based on the belief that the truth will merge the adversary process, in which each attorney tries to convince the jury that his side is right and the other side is wrong.
