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Liberty Interest Necessary to Trigger Arkansas Judicial Review
Liberty Interest Necessary to Trigger Arkansas Judicial Review
by Mark Wilson
The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a prisoner’s state judicial review action because he failed to assert a constitutional violation.
Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) prisoner James Chadwick Renfro said he had entered into ...
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