It was “an expensive and hurtful fable.” And let’s not mince words about it, adds Colorado’s Sentinel magazine in a recent editorial piece that heavily criticizes America’s so-called War on Drugs. That policy initiative has been the decades-long mantlepiece guiding state and federal law enforcers’ response to drug crimes, and
Here is a case from outside Colorado that we submit is broadly relevant from a criminal law perspective. We note below its essential details for our readers. The story starts with a sniffing dog in a Minneapolis apartment hallway, with that canine’s alerting outside a resident’s dwelling ultimately becoming the
A recent Denver Post article’s reference to “poor judgment, impulsiveness, lack of inhibitions, short temper and inability to solve problems” might reasonably link in many people’s minds to descriptors of individuals embroiled in the criminal justice system. It is in fact a recitation of symptoms that are common in people
We all know the overriding strategy long employed in the so-called War on Crime against criminal suspects. Namely, what that has meant in Colorado and nationally is a slammed door in a state or federal penitentiary for a convicted offender. Unquestionably, a go-to and preferred outcome for many defendants —
Many news followers in Colorado and nationally are regularly bombarded with articles featuring all manner of story lines. Given the sheer number and diversity of competing news bits, it is course quite often the case that readers quickly scan over some stories with little or no regard for their details
It’s one thing when flawed calculations lead to a lost poker hand or a bit of incorrect tallying in a check book. And it’s quite another when they wrongly deny a locked-up human being years of freedom to which he or she is entitled. Apparently, number crunchers and statisticians at
There is no question — and certainly no media outlet arguing otherwise — that current U.S. Attorney General is anything other than a law-and-order type of guy. That is, Sessions’ on-the-record comments, recently issued memos, strident calls for a return to harsher sentencing recommendations and other actions make it eminently
We would ask our readers across Colorado to try to imagine for just a moment the sheer consternation of criminal prosecutors in another state earlier this year when they had to ditch more than 21,000 drug cases they were working on. It turned out that one of their colleagues in
People unwittingly making errors. We prominently reference that human reality on our website at the proven Denver criminal defense law firm of Shazam Kianpour & Associates, P.C., because it centrally and recurrently features in our strong client advocacy. We note therein the simple truth “that good people make mistakes.” And
While many people see drugs as a criminal issue, for the people who are using them, drugs are more of a health issue. Drug addiction is a real issue that must be addressed if the person is going to have any hope of getting clean and avoiding future criminal charges.
