How must an inmate prevail in suits involving deliberate indifference?

What will be an ideal response?


For inmates to prevail in suits involving deliberate indifference claims, they must prove that (1) they suffered an objectively serious deprivation or harm and (2) prison officials were aware of the risk that caused the alleged harm and they failed to take reasonable steps to prevent it.

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____________ increases the acceptance of all diversity within society and is one way that is suggested to resolve the intolerance of difference that motivates hate crimes

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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What can we do to eliminate torture as a tool of governments or groups?

What will be an ideal response?

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______ prohibits punishing an individual for a crime that is the product of his or her imagination.

a. Legal impossibility b. Factual impossibility c. Inherent impossibility d. Principle of legality

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Which criminal justice actor has the responsibility of instructing the jury for rendering the verdict about a case?

A. Judge B. Probation officer C. Court mediator D. Prosecutor

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