Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The American legal system is based on dual systems of federal and state courts that share the tradition of the adversarial system of justice.
2. The legal process in which the plaintiff and defendant agree to an outcome prior to the handing out of a verdict is known as plea bargaining.
3. State courts are structured much differently than the federal courts.
4. While the majority of cases are handled in the state courts, many of the cases that have the greatest impact on large numbers of Americans happen in the federal court system.
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
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