Author: Julia Cardi
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Jury deliberating case of two Aurora officers in Elijah McClain’s death
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The case of two Aurora police officers on trial for Elijah McClain’s death went to the jury late Tuesday afternoon. The 12 members now have to decide whether McClain’s death was a tragedy, but without criminal culpability, or the result of wanton excessive force by the officers. Officer Randy Roedema and former Officer Jason Rosenblatt…
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Defense attorneys to ask for body cam to be limited in third Aurora officer’s trial
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Jury selection in the trial of a third Aurora police officer charged in connection with Elijah McClain’s death is scheduled to begin this week. Ahead of the trial’s start, the officer’s defense attorneys argue the jury should not be able to hear some statements shown on body-worn camera footage made by other police officers at…
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No witnesses called in defense for Aurora officers charged in Elijah McClain’s death
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The defense attorneys for two Aurora police officers charged in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death chose not to call any witnesses at all, setting the stage for the jury to begin deliberating early next week. The decision came Friday after Judge Mark Warner indicated he would likely instruct jurors not to consider whether the officers had…
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‘Violent subdual and restraint’: Prosecutors’ final witness in Aurora officers’ trial takes stand
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Prosecutors’ final witness in the case of two Aurora police officers on trial for Elijah McClain’s death provided the most forceful opinion yet that their struggle with him contributed to the 23-year-old man’s death. Attorneys spent all of Thursday questioning Roger Mitchell, the chair of pathology at Howard University’s College of Medicine and a former…
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‘The mammoth has escaped’: Prosecutors to finish Aurora officers’ case in Elijah McClain death with forensic pathologist
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Prosecutors expect to call one final witness Thursday in their case against two police officers on trial in connection with Elijah McClain’s 2019 death, a forensic pathologist who told a grand jury he believes McClain’s struggle with the officers was part of causing his death. Roger Mitchell testified to the grand jury that ultimately indicted…
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Doctor declines to assign fault for Elijah McClain’s death
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A pulmonary physician said he believes health complications from Elijah McClain’s struggle with Aurora police officers contributed to his death, but said in testimony Tuesday he could not assign blame. Defense attorneys for the two officers currently on trial sought to lay responsibility at the feet of the paramedics at the scene, repeatedly pointing out…
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Meet Lisi Owen, the former civil rights attorney running for Denver DA
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Editor’s note: The race to be Denver’s next District Attorney has the potential to be crowded. The Denver Gazette is writing a series of question-and-answer profiles on district attorney candidates who are running for the four-year-term. Answers have been edited for length. Lisi Owen, a candidate seeking the Democratic nomination for Denver’s district attorney election…
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Attorneys battle over body-worn camera footage in Aurora officers’ trial
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Attorneys spent much of Thursday arguing over the admission of body-worn camera footage in the trial of the two Aurora police officers charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. They spent hours questioning an expert hired by prosecutors from the Colorado Attorney General’s office to enhance and splice together footage from several officers at…
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Opening statements given in trial over Elijah McClain’s death
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After three-and-a-half days of jury selection, opening statements began Wednesday in the trial of two Aurora police officers charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt each face charges of criminally negligent homicide, manslaughter and assault causing serious bodily injury in connection with McClain’s death. McClain, a 23-year-old Black man,…
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Jury pool whittled in trial of Aurora officers charged in Elijah McClain’s death
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Jury selection will continue Tuesday in the trial of two Aurora police officers facing charges over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain in Aurora. Prosecutors and attorneys for the officers will question potential jury members to decide who they believe can or cannot return an impartial verdict. The trial for Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt…