Tag: David Lane
Inside the small legal community defending Colorado death penalty clients, a...
It was late December 2019 and defense lawyer Mary Claire Mulligan spent the last week of the decade accompanying a client to his murder...
Last-minute firing of Owens’ death penalty judge raises suspicions
Lawyers say Colorado’s judicial branch has unlawfully removed a well-respected judge from presiding over the appeal of an Aurora man’s death sentence.
After years on the...
Video: Attorney David Lane likens Denver D.A. to Vladimir Putin
“How would you like to go to jail in Denver for passing out forbidden literature?”
So starts a recent video put out by the libertarian think...
Does Colorado’s death penalty have a race problem?
James Holmes killed more people during his movie theater massacre than Nathan Dunlap, Sir Mario Owens and Robert Ray combined. Dunlap, Owens and Ray,...
Homebrew: Judge says Dexter Lewis sentencing “has nothing to do with...
Spot the difference
Days after James Holmes was spared the death penalty, Denver jurors began hearing testimony Tuesday to decide whether convicted murderer Dexter Lewis should also be...
Experts: Penalty phase of Aurora shooting trial will be “gut-wrenching”
Aurora theater shooter James Holmes is guilty of all 165 charges against him, a jury found Thursday.
Judge Carlos Samour read the long list of...
Misconduct, Teller County Sheriff’s style
Botching a weapons investigation. Getting hoodwinked by Cripple Creek’s reputed “town drunk.” Illegally busting into a van, then yanking out a sick Vietnam vet...
Critics see proposed ethics commission cure as bad medicine
Although critics say it would do more damage than good, in a building brimming with possible defendants, the bill might gain traction.
Attorneys, Scholars Raise Questions about Constitutionality of Colorado Death Penalty
Colorado’s death penalty is not only massively expensive, critics say it is also unconstitutional because it is so randomly sought.
Colorado’s Death Penalty: Spending Millions to Execute Almost No One
With a bill to repeal the death penalty likely to be introduced in the 2013 Colorado Legislature, there are bound to be philosophical arguments about the merits of capital punishment. One thing that seems beyond debate, though, is that ending the death penalty could save Colorado taxpayers a lot of money.