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Originally Posted by Sil_liS

You don't have to believe me, you can read about the pretrial procedures for yourself: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/~nesson...Procedures.pdf

In wikipedia:


As for the "there would be no need for trials" part (again wikipedia):

I'm failing to see in that where it says that all evidence and all testimony must be given to the judge before the trial. In appeals, it is true that the evidence is presented in the appeals documents but that isn't the case in the initial trial. Yes, you do have discovery. In criminal cases, the prosecutor is obligated to turn over any evidence that might point to the innocence of the defendant, however the defense is under no such obligation.