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Effort to repeal Colorado’s death penalty reaches new milestone Lawmakers have...

Update: This story was originally published on Jan. 30. On Friday, Jan. 31, the Senate gave final approval to the bill by a vote...

Reformers double down on death penalty repeal Abolishing the death penalty...

Helen Griffiths stood beside a wooden podium inside the Second Baptist Church in Boulder on Monday and delivered a well-rehearsed presentation to about two...

Colorado’s criminal justice system has a mental health crisis. Will the...

Officials agree that growing numbers of people with mental health disorders in Colorado’s criminal justice system is a crisis.  But, in a hearing this week...

Full-day kindergarten for Colorado gains Senate OK, nears governor’s desk

Universal full-day kindergarten in Colorado is on its way to becoming reality after initial Senate approval Thursday. After a final Senate vote Friday and House approval...

Police officers who lie could be banned from serving in Colorado...

Here’s the good news: about 99.5% of the nearly 14,000 cops in Colorado are not fired for knowingly lying in police reports, when they’re...

The Indy 500: Hickenlooper’s “statewide conversation” about the death penalty never...

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...

Colorado was set to repeal the death penalty this year. What...

A few weeks ago, in preparation for what she knew would be an emotional debate on the state Senate floor over whether to repeal...

The plan to repeal the death penalty in Colorado is coming...

Editor's note: The death penalty stands in Colorado. Tuesday, Democrats in the Colorado Senate abandoned efforts to pass a bill abolishing capital punishment, citing...

Littwin: Whatever the state legislature decides, there is no death penalty...

The big news from the state Capitol has been not only that it’s a new day, with Democrats in charge everywhere, but with the...

Colorado’s death penalty repeal in holding pattern Vote margin appears close...

Colorado's Senate has for the second time this week postponed its floor debate on a bill to repeal the death penalty. The vote is...
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