“Problem Solving Courts:” The Indiana Alternative to the Adversarial Legal System
When an individual is charged with a crime in the State of Indiana, his or her case is traditionally placed in the “adversarial” court system, where the State seeks to prove guilt and the Court oversees a sentence, if the State is successful. The adversarial system often includes contested hearings, discovery of evidence, and perhaps even a trial to resolve the case. However, these adversarial courts are not the only types of court in which…
