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Aurora councilmember calls for recall of District Attorney Amy Padden following death of Kaitlyn Weaver
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Aurora City Councilmember Danielle Jurinksy said she’s launching a campaign to recall a local prosecutor who offered a plea deal to a teenager who hit and killed a 24-year-old woman after driving 90 mph in a neighborhood. The teenager, who is in the country illegally, has since been detained by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. In…
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Eagle County convictions reversed for prosecutors’ misconduct
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Colorado’s second-highest court reversed an Eagle County man’s convictions earlier this month because a trial judge permitted a pair of prosecutors – including one who is now running for district attorney – to misstate the law on self-defense to jurors. A jury acquitted Robert Fergus-Jean of more serious offenses like assault and attempted murder, but convicted him…
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Eagle County convictions reversed for prosecutors’ misconduct
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Colorado’s second-highest court reversed an Eagle County man’s convictions earlier this month because a trial judge permitted a pair of prosecutors — including one who is now running for district attorney — to misstate the law on self-defense to jurors. A jury acquitted Robert Fergus-Jean of more serious offenses like assault and attempted murder, but convicted him…
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Eagle County convictions reversed for prosecutors’ misconduct
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Colorado’s second-highest court reversed an Eagle County man’s convictions earlier this month because a trial judge permitted a pair of prosecutors — including one who is now running for district attorney — to misstate the law on self-defense to jurors. A jury acquitted Robert Fergus-Jean of more serious offenses like assault and attempted murder, but convicted him…
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Bill Ritter throws support behind Weiser in Democrats’ attorney general primary
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Democratic state attorney general candidate Phil Weiser has won an endorsement from former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, his campaign announced Tuesday. Weiser will help lead the state’s fight against climate change, said Ritter, director of Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy and the man who coined the phrase “new energy economy” while governor. “Phil…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH: Kamala Harris throws support behind Joe Neguse
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With just five weeks remaining until Colorado voters start to receive primary ballots in the mail, candidate endorsements are falling as thick as crabapple blossoms on a blustery spring day. Here are some of the endorsements that have been announced over the past week: U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, the California Democrat high on lists of…
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AG candidate Brad Levin has a shot in court to get on the primary ballot
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Denver lawyer Brad Levin won the right to a court hearing next Wednesday on whether the Secretary of State’s Office should reconsider some of the signatures he needs to get on the June primary ballot. Levin turned in 1,500 petition signatures in each of the state’s seven districts, but came up short in five districts,…
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Democrat Amy Padden drops out of AG’s race, endorses primary rival Phil Weiser
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Democrat Amy Padden, a former state and federal prosecutor, on Tuesday suspended her campaign for attorney general and threw her support in the primary behind Phil Weiser. “It is not because I am afraid of the fight ahead – I have never backed away from a fight and never will,” she said in a statement.…
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In a one-man castle, George Brauchler is king
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Hey, a win is a win, so you can’t blame George Brauchler for being proud he “unanimously won the nod” – and the top line on the June 26 ballot – even if he was the only guy in the Republican primary for attorney general. That’s like being prom king when you’re home-schooled. “Our campaign has…
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Kennedy wins top line, Polis will join Dems’ gubernatorial primary ballot
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BROOMFIELD – The Colorado Democratic Party’s state assembly has given former state treasurer Cary Kennedy the top line on its June 26 primary ballot. Kennedy, of Denver, received 61.65 percent of the vote. U.S. Rep. Jared Polis of Boulder also made the ballot with 32.85 percent. A third candidate, Erik Underwood, failed to gain the…
