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2007 Retro: What happened to the St. Paddy’s Day 7
The dawn of the digital age brings us instant images, some of them excruciatingly disturbing, like a 65-year-old woman being dragged across the street...
Federal Drug Office Gets Spanked In Newest Budget Proposal
Funds used by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to produce national anti-drug ads would be slashed under the most...
Government Survey Sheds Light On Sexual Abuse In Prisons
The federal government has issued new and startling information regarding the prevalence of sexual assaults in state and federal detention facilities. According to a...
Fighting Possession Tickets Bodes Well For Pot Offenders In Denver
In the two years since Denver voters opted to legalize up to an ounce of marijuana in 2005, four highly-publicized possession cases in the...
New Life Church Guard Faced Discipline as MN Cop
Documents obtained by Colorado Confidential from the Minneapolis Civilian Police Review Authority show that in 1997 the woman who was credited with stopping Matthew...
Church Shootings Show Method in Media Madness
Sunday's church killings offer more sad proof that local news is a well-oiled machine during times of crisis.Denver awoke Sunday to snow and murder....
“Innocent Possession” Defense Rejected
Can a felon pick up dangerous ammunition for a few minutes for the purpose of giving it to a policeman and keeping it out...
Don’t Ask The Sheriff To Make Your Day
Can you pull a gun on a sheriff's deputy delivering legal papers to you if he enters your house without a warrant? A unanimous...
Western Slope Round-Up: Improving Justice on Indian Reservations
Law and order is handled differently on Colorado's two Ute Indian reservations in the southwest corner of the state - the tribal courts are...
Immigration Lockup Expansion Not A Government Move
A privately owned federal detention facility for immigrants is set to expand in Aurora, but it wasn't the government's idea to start construction on...