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Capital punishment will not be a deciding issue in Colorado elections, suggest a new poll commissioned by the anti-capital punishment group, the Better Priorities Initiative.
Only 5 percent of Coloradans...
Dying penalty
Juries sentencing mass killers Dexter Lewis and James Holmes to life in prison suggests to many that the days of Colorado’s death penalty are...
James Holmes killed more people during his movie theater massacre than Nathan Dunlap, Sir Mario Owens and Robert Ray combined. Dunlap, Owens and Ray,...
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...
James Holmes is still eligible for the death penalty, a jury determined Monday.
After three hours of deliberation, all 12 jurors have decided that the...
Convicted murderer James Holmes is now awaiting his sentence.
He faces the death penalty for his crimes, a punishment two-thirds of Coloradans believe he...
Strange Ed Fellows
The Colorado State Board of Education needs to fill a vacancy created by Republican Marcia Neal's June departure amid an exodus of top...