A bill is making its way through the Colorado legislature that would provide compensation for individuals that have been wrongfully convicted of crimes. This proposal would allow those deemed to have been wrongfully convicted to collect up to $60,000 annually for each...
Month: February 2013
Colorado woman arrested as suspect in drug ring
A Colorado woman pled guilty to distributing what is referred to as a Schedule II controlled substance. The drugs she was accused of selling would have included methamphetamine and Ecstasy. However, the majority of charges against the woman were dismissed.Though the...
DUI Courts revisited
How many DUI's is enough to justify jail time? This is a question that has vexed legislators, prosecutors and judges alike. The question was addressed again by a Pennsylvania appeals court after a man's plea agreement for his 14th and 15th drunk driving convictions...
Colorado community’s police department policies questioned
The Aurora, Colorado Police Department has been under scrutiny for practices that are said not to comply with federal standards. In particular, Aurora's policy of what is called the prosecuting of false complaints is deemed as a method to stifle all criticism of the...
Colorado DUI arrests during Super Bowl time
The Colorado State Patrol has announced that it arrested 421 individuals for DUI over Super Bowl weekend. This is close to 150 arrests more than occurred during Super Bowl weekend in 2012.The highest number of arrests in Colorado occurred in the Denver area, and a...
Air Force Academy cadets accused of sexual assault
A cadet at the Air Force Academy in Colorado had been charged with what is called aggravated sexual assault. The cadet's attorney has already released a statement that her client is innocent of what has been charged.The newspapers are quick to note that six male...
Could Denver nix marijuana sales?
In a prior post we reported on how some Colorado communities were ambivalent about welcoming marijuana retailers into their cities. City councils in Broomfield and Superior were considering bans on such stores, at least until the state created detailed regulations...
Alleged Colorado drug ring results in 33 arrests
So far, following guilty plea and convictions regarding an alleged drug ring in Colorado, there have been 33 indictments, 23 guilty pleas, one conviction at trial, another 7 cases pending and at least one deportation to Mexico. There has also been one case...
Domestic violence charges dropped when accuser changes story
Domestic violence is no doubt a major concern in our society, but so are false allegations of domestic violence and assault. In one recent incident of claimed domestic violence, the police dropped charges against the accused man after the man's girlfriend changed her...
Denver’s ‘sobriety’ court has its downside
There can be consequences for accepting deals with what is referred to as Denver's sobriety court. What this court was intended to do was provide alternate sentencing to individuals convicted of DUI in the Denver area, and it apparently only makes offers to extreme...