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Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman’s office is facing accusations that it overstepped its power in a death penalty case.
One of Coffman’s top aides, Assistant...
On Inauguration Day 2017, The Independent asks Coloradans what they think Trump's presidency will mean for them.
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Video by Sarah Blume
Michael Lee Marshall, a mentally ill, homeless man, was fatally restrained by Denver sheriff's deputies at the jail in November. Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey announced...
Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey's office will not prosecute the sheriff's deputies who fatally restrained Michael Lee Marshall, a homeless, mentally ill man, at...
“Flat-out deranged.”
That’s how The Denver Post’s editorial board described 26-year-old libertarian politico Jonathan Lockwood’s comments last month about Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet’s vote...