beth mccann
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Cheap, easy to produce and deadly: fentanyl and its dangerous mix
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Fentanyl has fueled a spiraling overdose crisis in Colorado and across the United States. The drug’s increasingly ubiquitous presence, both in the illicit market overall and in other substances, has permanently changed the drug supply, officials say. Between March 2020 and March 2021, more than 100,000 Americans fatally overdosed, the first time the country had…
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As crime rates rise in Colorado, restorative justice model a flash of hope
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A recent report which details the skyrocketing societal and financial costs of rising crime rates in Colorado, coupled with a dismal 50% recidivism rate, which is one of the worst in the country, have prompted a warning from leading prosecutors: Well-intended policies which coddle criminals has made life in the state more dangerous. But one…
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Colorado criminal justice leaders urge Biden to end federal death penalty
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Several Colorado criminal justice leaders signed a nationwide bipartisan letter Monday, asking President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to immediately take action to end the federal death penalty in the U.S. The letter was signed by nearly 100 leaders, including Colorado’s Attorney General Phil Weiser, District Attorneys Michael Dougherty and Beth McCann, former District Attorney…
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A first: Owners of legal pot business in Denver plead guilty to crimes (VIDEO)
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The owners of a Denver marijuana business pleaded guilty Friday to drug and racketeering charges and will spend a year in prison in what city officials called the first local prosecution of a legal pot enterprise in the U.S. A yearlong investigation of Sweet Leaf’s sales practices centered on a practice known as “looping,” where…
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Colo. partnership to work for ‘restorative justice’
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Prosecutors, public defenders and state administrators say they’ll work toward a system of justice that instills responsibility and remorse from offenders instead of longer jail sentences. State Rep. Pete Lee, D-Colorado Springs, has been beating the drum for the practice called restorative justice for years. Tuesday, the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, the…
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Williams: McCann has dropped grand jury investigation into handling of campaign-finance complaints
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DENVER – Denver District Attorney Beth McCann has dropped a grand jury investigation into how Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams handles campaign-finance complaints, according to Tuesday morning tweets by Williams. “We’ve said all along there was no basis for this politically motivated attack,” Williams tweeted. “We played no favorites and we followed the law,” he…
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Colo. secretary of state ‘disappointed’ by Denver DA probe on campaign finance
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DENVER – A Denver grand jury is looking into how Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams handles campaign-finance complaints, and Williams’ office on Friday called the probe “puzzling.” Ken Lane, a spokesman for Denver District Attorney Beth McCann, confirmed to Colorado Politics on Friday that “there is an open investigation in the Denver grand jury…
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock to lay out vision for consumer protections
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Recent deregulation at the U.S. Consumer Protection Agency at the federal level has sparked concerns about how Coloradans will be protected. On Thursday, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock plans to lay out at least some of his local solutions. The mayor will take part in a forum called A Predatory Economy: Denver’s Call to Action put…
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Senate President Kevin Grantham: Denver DA not doing her job
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Senate President Kevin Grantham of Canon City responded Monday morning to the latest letter from Denver District Attorney Beth McCann on whether she would pursue investigations of sexual harassment issues in the General Assembly. Grantham said McCann’s latest letter, issued last Thursday, wasn’t responsive to a letter he sent two days earlier – the second…
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Denver District Attorney Beth McCann to Senate President Kevin Grantham: no.
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Denver District Attorney Beth McCann Thursday gave a strong “no” to Republican Senate President Kevin Grantham’s request for her to investigate sexual harassment claims in the General Assembly. In a letter obtained by Colorado Politics, McCann wrote that the state Constitution “gives the General Assembly authority to establish rules governing the conduct of its members,”…
