Posted inHealth, News, Politics and Government

About 25 people age 14 and younger get abortions in Colorado each year

More than 120 girls ages 14 and younger have had abortions in Colorado in the past five years, including eight 12-year-olds, according to the state health department.  The state statistics do not include any children younger than 12, though doctors who provide abortions in Colorado said they have treated 10- and 11-year-olds. One doctor interviewed […]

Posted inCrime and Courts, Education, News

Federal appeals court revives former DU student’s claim that anti-male bias led to his expulsion

A federal appeals court has given new life to a lawsuit filed by an undergraduate student who argues he was expelled from the University of Denver because of anti-male bias in the investigation of a sexual assault allegation against him. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals decision Tuesday sends the case back to Colorado’s federal […]

Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns

Silverman: Examining Tara Reade’s sex assault allegations against Joe Biden

Rape is an abomination. So is a false accusation of rape. I made those statements, and many others, when analyzing the sexual assault case against the late Kobe Bryant in Eagle, Colorado.  My opinion was solicited because I prosecuted many high-profile rapists. It was my privilege to prove the government’s case at the Denver trials of […]

Posted inSun Investigation

A Denver priest — his dad’s best friend — raped him. The state’s Catholic Church abuse report revealed the secret.

Warning: This story contains explicit descriptions of sexual assault. GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Neil Elms planned to carry his biggest secret to his grave. He thought no one would ever know what he’d kept hidden for 37 years. Elms never told his mother or father, or any of his six siblings. He concealed it through […]