Here's a key problem concerning Colorado justice authorities' initial contacts with juveniles who find themselves in trouble with the law: differential treatment is often doled out to young offenders across the state who have similar profiles and are charged with the same types of crimes.
Judicial bias can sometimes be subtle - and then there's this
Many criminal suspects in Colorado and elsewhere adamantly believe that the police and prosecutors did not play fair while arresting and charging them with a criminal offense.
Where does fairness reside re the criminal charging of teenagers?
Criminal law is a legal realm that is perhaps unparalleled for its complexities and open-ended questions.
Why criminal lineups are a concern, mandate material change
From the perspective of a "suspect" in a flawed criminal lineup in Colorado or elsewhere, it's pretty easy to see why concern would attach to the process.
Will this SCOTUS case expand Americans' privacy rights?
An admitted robber gave the FBI cellphone numbers of alleged accomplices. Agents used a "reasonable grounds" standard to obtain so-called "cell-site" evidence from a mobile service provider that tracked the locations of one of those individuals. That data yielded information resulting in his criminal conviction.
Judge slams prosecution for withholding evidence from defense
It's been a bedrock legal principle and undisturbed judicial ruling issued at the highest level for well more than half a century, and yet news stories emerge with some regularity evidencing prosecutorial misconduct aimed at avoiding its application.
Committee: Denver police policy on force was too open-ended
According to advisory committee members who spent months revising the Denver Police Department's recommended use-of-force policies, the suggestions were generally good in an overall sense.
Do you mind if I just have a look?
You Have The Right To Keep Your Mouth Shut
Two arrested for alleged Denver area burglaries
Police followed a car last week and arrested the two people inside, who were later charged with burglary. Authorities say that the arrests were the result of an extensive investigation. This investigation reportedly led the police to arrest the two as they were pulling their car into a neighborhood, which police accuse the two of being the next area they would steal from, although it is unclear why police thought this.
