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Criminal Justice

ACLU v Garfield County Sheriff Suit Continues

The Garfield County Sheriff, Republican, Lou Vallario runs the jail in Glenwood Springs.  He is unopposed in this fall's election in the county. As noted...

Flamed Out GOP Star Arrested For Child Sex Assault

Randal D. "Randy" Ankeney, the convicted sex offender who just a few short years ago was a rising GOP star in Colorado, is being...

Sending Them to Oklahoma

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...

Colorado: Terrorism Cold Spot

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...

Plea, or the “Whole System Collapses”

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 Much Exaggerated Demise of the Sentencing Guidelines

The harsh United States Sentencing Guidelines were developed in during the drug war.  Many federal judges hated the injustices that sometimes resulted despite their...

Throwing People Away

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...

God Captured And Released

A man identifying himself as God was arrested by Mesa County, Colorado Sheriff's deputies while walking naked in a field of a Glade Park...

Bank Robbers At Large In West Wash Park

My other blog is Wash Park Prophet.  Today, its been a bit hectic in my neck of the woods.  It seems that there are...

Another Stun Gun Death

A 34 year old man in the Araphahoe County jail awaiting trial on car theft and domestic violence charges died from a shock from...
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