What Defendants Must Understand America's Adversarial Criminal Law System
The American system of criminal law is an adversarial one. Defendants need to be acutely aware of this fact whenever they deal with the police, prosecutors, and other agents and designees of the government. That fact applies to government officials at the local, state, and federal levels, too.
Why is this so important? Let's look at what it means for criminal law to be adversarial and how it might apply to your situation.
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