Donald Trump and other authoritarian leaders never want the truth to come out in court
crime and courts
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Silverman: Perjury convictions are rare in Colorado. It’s time to hold liars accountable.
Lying under oath is a serious felony, but Colorado has seen few perjury convictions in recent years. Justice demands better.
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Silverman: Crime can ruin communities and presidential ambitions
Enlightened and responsible leaders must improve our criminal justice system
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Silverman: Club Q victims deserve better law enforcement and criminal justice. Let the feds take over.
El Paso County law enforcement bears responsibility for enormous errors with the Club Q gunman
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Opinion: Voters bought the misinformation that I was soft on crime
A Colorado county judge reflects on losing a retention vote in liberal-leaning Durango amid a fog of misunderstanding about restorative justice.
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Zornio: Could Colorado’s dark past as the “Hate State” come back?
The latest LGBTQ-targeted mass shooting reflects recent survey findings that hate never went away, it only went unreported
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Littwin: The Club Q shooting demands an answer to a key question — why wasn’t red flag law invoked?
What the law’s opponents don’t seem to get is that the red flag law was designed to keep guns away from those with mental health issues.
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Nicolais: The Club Q monster began life in a volatile family
While an unstable, troubled family raised a killer, our society cannot escape condemnation for its role in creating one
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Littwin: A good guy without a gun is a Club Q hero, but the killer, sadly, isn’t the only villain
The motive remains unclear, but the shooter faces preliminary charges of murder and hate crimes. But that’s only part of the story.
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Nicolais: Tiffany Square Apartments fire brought back memories of the Lakewood complex
I worked across the street while I was in high school, and the fire brought back fond and awful memories of that area for me