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Editor’s view: BAD FAITH

The retrial of Clarence Moses-EL for a 1987 sex assault starts Nov. 7th in Denver District Court. Moses-EL, 60, served 28 years in prison before...

Clarence Moses-EL’s defense team calls for DA Mitch Morrissey’s removal from...

Clarence Moses-EL's defense team filed an emergency petition with the Colorado Supreme Court today asking that District Attorney Mitch Morrissey's office be disqualified from...

WATCH: Denver DA debate with moderator Susan Greene

It's often said that a district attorney has more direct power over people's lives than a mayor. If that's so, Denver voters need to...

Highlights from the Indy’s Denver DA candidate debate last night

  The two candidates hoping to become Denver's next district attorney faced off Wednesday night in the studio of the Open Media Foundation, hosted by The Colorado...

State Rep. Beth McCann easily snags Democratic nomination in Denver DA...

A woman will run the Denver District Attorney’s office for the first time in its history. Which woman, however, remains to be decided. Rep. Beth...

Dems vying for Denver DA each calling for reforms post-Morrissey era

This year’s Denver district attorney’s race is far higher profile than any in memory, yet the three Democrats sparring in today’s primary bemoan that...

Conflicts of interest for Ethics Commission? Lawmakers seek fix.

Lawmakers hoping once again to try and rid the state's anti-corruption agency from its own conflicts of interest might have an unlikely ally in...

Judge rules Denver D.A. should have prosecuted deputy for attacking inmate

Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey should have prosecuted a sheriff’s deputy for attacking a shackled inmate in a courtroom, a judge ruled Friday evening. Still,...

Will Denver’s District Attorney ever throw the book at killer cops?

It has been three and a half months since Denver police fatally shot unarmed 17-year-old Jessica Hernandez. And the world has changed. Police killings in...

Aurora shooting elicits calls for tighter gun control

While many politicians are playing it safe, saying it is too soon to talk about gun laws or saying they don’t want to “politicize” the Colorado and now Wisconsin shootings, Democratic U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette and Ed Perlmutter have been outspoken about their desire for more stringent regulation.
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