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“My dinner is on the line”: Colorado Supreme Court rules it was OK for judge’s wife to sit on jury
Adams County District Judge Judge Thomas R. Ensor joked with attorneys in the trial to “be nice to Juror 25” -- his wife -- because dinner was on the line.
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Day and night: Organizers of Denver protests say mayhem after dark is muddying their message
By Moe Clark Coloradans Primary category in which blog post is published
In Colorado prisons and jails, a piecemeal approach to the threat of coronavirus
By Daliah Singer Coronavirus Primary category in which blog post is published
Silverman: Plea bargaining with capital punishment as leverage is over now
By Craig Silverman Opinion
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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.
Opinion: I worked for Gov. Hickenlooper. Is America ready for his version of progressive leadership?
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Colorado jails can’t hold people accused of low-level crimes in lieu of bail anymore. And that means current inmates could be released.
At least one Colorado county jail believes they have inmates who could have to be released under the new law
Nicolais: Colorado locks up those too poor to afford even $10 bail. That could change in 2019.
As poverty-stricken Coloradans remain incarcerated only due to an inability to pay even nominal bail, the Colorado Freedom Fund fights for change
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