Tag: colorado death penalty
Colorado law would make it easier for juries to sentence someone...
A group of Republican lawmakers introduced a bill today that would make it easier for juries to put someone to death in Colorado. Currently, all 12 jurors in...
Files on Colorado’s two death row inmates ‘cloaked in secrecy’
DENVER -- Last spring in Colorado, a bill to abolish the death penalty died and Gov. John Hickenlooper granted a reprieve to death-row inmate Nathan Dunlap. "We must have a larger statewide conversation on capital punishment," Hickenlooper said then.
Attorneys, Scholars Raise Questions about Constitutionality of Colorado Death Penalty
Colorado’s death penalty is not only massively expensive, critics say it is also unconstitutional because it is so randomly sought.
Colorado’s Death Penalty: Spending Millions to Execute Almost No One
With a bill to repeal the death penalty likely to be introduced in the 2013 Colorado Legislature, there are bound to be philosophical arguments about the merits of capital punishment. One thing that seems beyond debate, though, is that ending the death penalty could save Colorado taxpayers a lot of money.
Boulder Rep. Levy Drafting Bill to Repeal Death Penalty
State Rep. Claire Levy this week told The Colorado Independent she is writing a bill to eliminate the death penalty in Colorado. Levy, D-Boulder, said she will introduce the bill if she is satisfied it will have a strong chance of passing.