Arizona Court of Appeals Allows On-Reservation Utility to Challenge State Taxes
The Arizona Court of Appeals has allowed South Point Energy Center to challenge the assessment of property taxes on its power plant on the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation. The appeals court reversed the decision of the Arizona Tax Court that granted summary judgment to the Arizona Department of Revenue and Mohave County.
Election Law Procedures, Early and Absentee Voting and Resolution of a Disputed Presidential Election, Now Available
The American Law Institute has released its updated Principles of the Law, Election Administration: Non-Precinct Voting and Resolution of Ballot-Counting Disputes, Part I: Principles of Non-Precinct Voting: Early In-Person Voting and Absentee Voting and Part III: Procedures for the Resolution of a Disputed Presidential Election. ALI is making these Principles available to be downloaded now on its website.
Denver Police Department Is Rewriting Its Use-of-Force Policy
The Denver Police Department is rewriting its use-of-force policy to align it with the community’s changing expectations for how officers handle volatile situations and to reflect progressive policies recommended by national policing experts.
Is the Death Penalty in the United States Really “Nearing Its End”?
The question in the title of this post is prompted by this notable new New York Times editorial headlined “The Death Penalty, Nearing Its End.”
ALI Council Approves Project Drafts
At its October 2016 meeting, the Council took the following actions concerning project drafts
FAMM Urges Mass. Legislature to Adopt Sentencing Reform in Response to Supreme Court Ruling
FAMM has urged the Massachusetts legislature to pass common sense sentencing reform in response to a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling last week that state law does not currently allow departures from mandatory minimum sentences.
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