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Eighth Circuit Seeks Clarification from Arkansas Supreme Court; Arkansas’ “Conscious Indifference” Equals Federal “Deliberate Indifference”?

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to clarify if the State’s conscious indifference standard affords pretrial detainees greater protection than the federal deliberate indifference standard. The Court also affirmed a lower court’s exclusion of evidence concerning Arkansas Jail Standards.

On October 15, 2000, “Van Buren, ...

 

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