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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,...
Not-so-mellow yellow
The EPA accidentally released 3-million-plus gallons of polluted water from the Gold King Mine near Silverton last week. Waste flowing downstream reached the confluence of...
Judge Carlos Samour told the Aurora theater trial audience to go outside to cry.
Emotional outbursts are prohibited in the courtroom, and the man who...
Heading into a closely watched 2016 reelection campaign, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet has more cash on hand than any Democratic congressional candidate in the country....