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Colorado prosecutors often search for criminal charges they can file that will yield maximum penalties for defendants. Sometimes they struggle to link an individual’s specific conduct to any particularized wrongdoing. Wouldn’t it be nice for them – even if arguably...
We have noted in many prior Shazam Kianpour & Associates blog posts the zero-sum approach that state officials and law enforcers take regarding drunk driving offenses. To wit: If you are arrested on a DUI charge, authorities will diligently seek a criminal...
“We must reimagine the justice problem.” So say a group of writers penning a recent in-depth article on criminal law and reform for the Brennan Center for Justice. That entity is a long-established bipartisan public policy institute with a criminal law reform...
All criminal allegations are not equal. Put another way: Some accusations leveled by Colorado police officers and prosecutors come with comparatively heavy consequences. Take sex charges, for example, which we spotlight on our website at the Denver law firm of Shazam...
Lock them up and throw away the key. Readers of criminal law blogs and other justice-themed articles and reports have heard that refrain before. In fact, they’ve been hearing it or other similarly conveyed utterances for decades. A tough-on-crime approach has been the...
Citizens’ interactions with police across Colorado are not routinely cordial and positive, of course. In fact, things can sometimes be a little tense. Initially civil discussion can ratchet up in intensity or, as we stress at the proven Denver metro criminal defense...
Do you think that there might be overkill concerning the sheer existence and application of laws in some select spheres? If so, you share that belief with varied company. And, coincidentally, some of the people who harbor your view are judicial insiders. In fact, they...
You’re sitting on the couch watching a CSI crime drama and note that it’s just about 7:50 p.m. The show is close to concluding, with no real promise that the guy who you can see is clearly guilty of a heinous crime will be identified and held accountable. Wait a...
Motorists widely appreciate that officials in enclaves ranging from large municipalities down to the smallest towns in Colorado and other states routinely fixate on generating revenue for their communities. They levy taxes. They impose licensing fees. They charge for...
It was a normal weekend day. You bought a few things at the grocery store. You visited a bookstore. You deposited a check at the bank. You went to a church meeting. Did you know that law enforcers in Colorado and nationally can potentially track all those movements...