Colorado inmate Lima-Marin’s release now on hold; immigration authorities want him
Rene Lima-Marin’s circuitous saga has now become mind-boggling. He’s the Cuban-born, U.S.-raised man who served 10 years in a Colorado prison for armed robbery; was paroled by mistake; straightened out his life while free; was sent back to prison anyway when the mistake was discovered, and, just earlier this week, was granted freedom again, this time by a judge who said keeping him in prison any longer would be unjust.
Today, as his release was imminent, U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement put a hold on him. It turns out, as CBSDenver Channel 4-TV reports:
He is on the Department of Corrections’ list of illegal immigrants that is annually turned over to the federal government.
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Federal judge formalizes injunction blocking USDA’s ‘pilot project’ for Colorado food assistance
Michael Karlik
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Updated 17 minutes ago
A federal judge formalized his order on Monday to prevent the U.S. Department of Agriculture from requiring Colorado to participate in a food assistance “pilot project,” finding that it violates the law, the U.S. Constitution, and “the bounds of reasoned...
Colorado justices speak about inner workings of court, analysis of appellate opinions | COURT CRAWL
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 38 minutes ago
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. Members of the state Supreme Court provided an inside look at the workings of their institution, and a Colorado Politics analysis found that some appellate...
Appeals court finds no requirement for different judge to handle attorney-client conflict hearings
Michael Karlik
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Updated 1 hour ago
Colorado’s second-highest court rejected a defendant’s argument on Thursday that a judge improperly heard about a potential conflict between himself and his lawyer right before sentencing, and the man’s reaction could have “tainted” the sentencing decision. In September 2023, Anthony...
Stealing voters’ expectation of expert wildlife management | Rachel Gabel
Rachel Gabel
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Updated 2 hours ago
Sen. Byron Pelton is my senator and a vote for him (or theoretically any other elected official) is a vote of confidence that he will represent his stakeholders. It is expected that he will vote for what his stakeholders want, based on what he...
The influencers? Some Colorado appeals judges outpace colleagues in setting legal precedent
Michael Karlik
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Updated 1 hour ago
A handful of judges on Colorado’s second-highest court are producing substantially more precedent-setting opinions than their colleagues, which create binding interpretations of the law that reach beyond individual cases. The Court of Appeals issues approximately 1,700 opinions each year. A...
DeGette challenger Melat Kiros trounces 15-term Democratic incumbent in Denver delegate vote
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 24 hours ago
The 28-year-old, first-time candidate challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in this year’s primary soundly defeated the 15-term incumbent in a delegate preference poll conducted Saturday at a county party assembly in Denver. Melat Kiros, the daughter of Ethiopian immigrants...
Army veterans Jessica Killin, Joe Reagan qualify for Democratic primary ballot in Colorado’s 5th CD
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 21 hours ago
Democratic congressional candidates Jessica Killin and Joe Reagan secured spots Saturday in Colorado’s June primary to decide who will run against Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in a district that’s only ever sent GOP lawmakers to Congress. The two Democrats,...
Are our overlords normalizing power outages? | Jon Caldara
Jon Caldara
jon-caldara@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 days ago
I’ve lived in Colorado since 1970. And you know what Colorado had back in 1970? High winds blowing down the Front Range. I moved to Boulder in 1984 and have been there ever since. And you know what Boulder has...
Who has the power to declare war? | Cronin and Loevy
Tom Cronin Bob Loevy
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Updated 2 days ago
Our constitutional framers boldly and ambitiously granted Congress the power to declare war yet granted the executive the responsibility, after war is declared, to supervise war as the commander-in-chief. That worked well until the Cold War began. The U.S. has been...
Latest death brings down wolves’ survival rate to 44% in Colorado
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
The female wolf of the mating pair for the King Mountain pack has died, bringing total fatalities to 14 out of the 25 animals reintroduced in Colorado. The wolf, identified as No. 2310, was among the 10 wolves brought to...