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Correction: This story was updated on Feb. 27 to indicate the governor's office will hear clemency request for death penalty cases, not the advisory...
John Hickenlooper is misrepresenting his record on the death penalty.
Colorado’s former governor, one in a swelling pack of Democratic presidential hopefuls, was on...
It is a late Friday afternoon in early February and passengers at Gate 12 of Washington’s Reagan National Airport are displeased.
“Fucking United,” a lawyer-lobbyist...
Note: This story has been updated to include comments from 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler.
Opponents of the death penalty — hoping to capitalize...
Update: George Brauchler's office has asked for another two-week extension to submit its legal objections to The Independent's motion to unseal documents about prosecutorial...