The Colorado Sun

crime

Opinion

Silverman: Plea bargaining with capital punishment as leverage is over now

Top Stories

Colorado State campus struggles with increase in reports of racial bias incidents

By Austin Fleskes Education Primary category in which blog post is published

Colorado Sun, other media outlets seek affidavit for stepmom accused of murdering Gannon Stauch

By The Associated Press Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published

Colorado’s child pornography laws have a major loophole and criminals are “slipping through the cracks”

By Jesse Paul Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published

Wilson: Yes, black people care when our people kill

By Theo E.J. Wilson Opinion

Judge rejects challenge to Colorado wildlife officials’ plan to kill black bears and mountain lions

By Jason Blevins News Primary category in which blog post is published

Silverman: It’s happening. Impeachment is moving to the U.S. Senate this week. The trial is imminent.

By Craig Silverman Opinion
Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published

Gov. Polis said he wanted to close a private prison. GEO Group beat him to it, leaving Colorado scrambling.

The Cheyenne Mountain Reentry Center will shutter on March 7, leaving 642 inmates and 180 employees in limbo. Colorado says it will likely mean jail backlogs, parole releases and prison crowding.

Silverman: The criminal justice pendulum is swinging the other direction in Colorado

Opinion
Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published

Grand Junction weapons company to pay $1 million for selling Army subpar grenade launchers

Capco LLC supplied the Army with M320 grenade launchers between July 2016 and March 2018 even though company officials knew the launchers’ barrels did not meet specifications

Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published

A new Colorado law makes possessing 13,000 fatal fentanyl doses a misdemeanor. Prosecutors are worried.

Colorado lawmakers this year passed a bill to reduce incarceration by making possession of 4 grams or less of most drugs a misdemeanor instead of a felony

Opinion: Justice means we must believe sexual assault survivors first

Opinion

Wilson: The Michael Hancock verdict feels like a miracle in race and American justice

Opinion
Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published

After haunting Colorado for three decades, there is new hope in the Jonelle Matthews case

Life changed for a generation of Colorado kids — and law enforcement — when Jonelle Matthews disappeared in 1984. Now police have a person of interest.

Nicolais: Trying to “do better” for sexual assault victims

Featured in Netflix’s Unbelievable series, the manhunt for a serial rapist in Colorado serves as just a backdrop to the real story.

Opinion
Book Excerpts Primary category in which blog post is published

Paranoia, a dark past and a face on a dating app add new twists to a tale inspired by a real-life crime

Moved by the 2014 "Slenderman" crime in Wisconsin, author Carter Wilson introduces a stabbing victim haunted by her past and struggling to move on