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Rarely invoked death penalty could be back in force against Holmes
Valerie Richardson / The Colorado Observer
Prosecutors announced Monday they would seek the death penalty for Aurora theater shooting suspect James Eagan Holmes.
Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler said he reached his decision after prosecutors spoke with more than 800 victims…
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Bid to dump death penalty defeated by defecting Democrats
Valerie Richardson / The Colorado Observer
The Democratic legislature’s string of wins on hot-button social issues took a hit Tuesday as the House Judiciary Committee rejected a bill to repeal the death penalty.
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Theater shooter unlikely to face Colorado’s rarely used death penalty
Valerie Richardson / The Colorado Observer
He’s accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 in an unprovoked attack, but even if found guilty, it’s far from certain that James Eagen Holmes would be executed for those crimes. When it comes to administering the death penalty, Colorado isn’t exactly Texas. Of the 33 states that allow capital punishment…
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Hick inks ban on bath salts; lawmaker calls substance ‘destructive’
Debi Brazzale / Colorado News Agency
A ban on the possession or distribution of “bath salts,” a potentially dangerous, synthetically produced street drug, was signed into law Thursday by Gov. John Hickenlooper. The drug recently garnered national attention after a man high on bath salts chewed off the face of a homeless man in Miami.
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State’s highest court moves to shield prosecutors’ views from disclosure
David Forster / Law Week Colorado
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday gave broad scope to the rule that protects prosecutors’ opinions about cases from disclosure.
The decision stems from an El Paso County case…
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Convict’s DNA exoneration raises self-doubt among authorities
James Carlson / Law Week Colorado
In January 2011, Rich Tuttle picked up his phone in the Mesa County District Attorney’s Office and heard the voice of Danyel Joffe.
The assistant district attorney listened as Joffe explained…
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Lawmaker pumped up by public support for ban on photo-cop
Debi Brazzale / Colorado News Agency
Colorado motorists overwhelmingly want an end to cameras used to snag red-light runners and speeders—judging by the feedback to a state lawmaker who is trying to ban the devices and sought the public’s input on the issue.
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Chief justice: Annual avalanche of new laws takes toll on courts
Debi Brazzale / Colorado News Agency
Hundreds of new laws passed every year by Colorado’s lawmakers create hidden costs to the state’s courts, says Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Bender.
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Going a-courting for the guv’s veto
“How much is one vote worth? If it’s the governor’s, it’s either 46 cents or tens…of thousands of dollars.”
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