How does an adversarial adjudication resemble a sporting event? In your response, identify the roles of parties to the criminal adjudication.

What will be an ideal response?


In both, there are two opposing parties and a neutral umpire. In criminal adjudications, these roles are played by the defendant, prosecutor, and judge. The judge in criminal adjudications is a passive participant and usually becomes involved only as needed by the parties or required by law.

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a. True b. False

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