Colorado criminal law analysts and commentators know just as well as their peers across the country what approaches work and what strategies are failing in the justice system.And they keep shining the spotlight on a particular sentencing outcome that has come in for...
Month: February 2019
Why are Colorado felony charges disproportionately spiking?
“Something is going on and I don’t think any of us have the answer.”That is the admittedly unsure response of Colorado criminal justice advocate Christie Donner as to why felony charges being filed by prosecutors are spiking across the state.There is no question that...
What are the penalties for graffiti in Colorado?
Painting graffiti on a property that isn’t yours is a crime – not matter how great it looks. If someone doesn’t appreciate your artwork and catches you, there could be a price to pay. Unfortunately, this price is typically high.Alexandra Natapoff’s book Punishment...
Why are traffic tickets fundamentally unfair?
We lead off today’s blog post by asking our readers from across Colorado and elsewhere to consider traffic tickets for a moment.Are they uniformly fair to all? That is, do their consequences fall upon all ticked individuals with similar severity?Perhaps that is a...
Denver legal marijuana business targeted for drug crimes
The Denver marijuana enterprise Sweet Leaf has been both large and profitable for some time. The legal pot dispensary has multiple outlets that employ several hundred workers. Sweet Leaf’s owners have reported scorers of millions of dollars in company revenue.Much of...