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The Garfield County Sheriff, Republican, Lou Vallario runs the jail in Glenwood Springs. He is unopposed in this fall's election in the county.
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Colorado's Joint Budget Committee is meeting tomorrow in Denver and Rep. Buffie McFadyen, along with House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, are calling on lawmakers to...
From October 1, 2006, the first month following the 9-11 terrorist attack, until May 31, 2006, there have been 579 "international terrorism" prosecutions which...
A conservative elected Republican prosecutor is the latest to weigh in on the importance of plea bargaining in the weeks following a special interest...
The harsh United States Sentencing Guidelines were developed in during the drug war. Many federal judges hated the injustices that sometimes resulted despite their...
What should society do with a mentally ill, multi-drug addicted, unemployable, homeless, 35 year old divorced mother of three children (who didn't live with...