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Divided appeals court finds Gilpin County juror not biased against defendant
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In a divided ruling on Thursday, Colorado’s second-highest court determined a Gilpin County judge acted appropriately by keeping a woman on a criminal jury after her admission that she “would need to hear that reason why” the defendant did not take the witness stand. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals acknowledged a quirk…
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Appeals court reverses murder conviction due to race-based juror dismissal
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A man serving a life sentence for murder will receive a new trial because an Arapahoe County judge improperly allowed prosecutors to remove a juror of color based on her race, Colorado’s second-highest court decided on Thursday. The U.S. Supreme Court recognized more than 30 years ago that intentional racial discrimination in jury selection is…
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State Supreme Court says censured judge’s admission of bias not grounds to vacate decision
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday concluded its censure of a former judge for racial bias and professional misconduct does not mean she actually was biased in a child welfare proceeding. In April 2021, the Supreme Court censured and accepted the resignation of then-Arapahoe County District Court Judge Natalie T. Chase, who admitted to saying…
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Judge who was victim of crime did not have to recuse herself from trial, appeals court rules
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An El Paso County judge who disclosed that she was the victim of a crime similar to the one a defendant was charged with did not need to recuse herself from presiding over the trial, the state’s Court of Appeals has determined. A three-judge appellate panel believed Khalil Jamandre Sanders had a legitimate argument that the…
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State Supreme Court to hear criminal appeals involving racial bias, jury instructions
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The Colorado Supreme Court agreed to review whether an Arapahoe County judge, who is now a justice on the state’s highest court, correctly handled a potentially race-based dismissal of a Black juror, and whether jurors in an Adams County criminal trial should have received the definition of a key legal term – even though there is…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Sick mine workers allege insurer delaying medical payments
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MONTANA Sick mine workers allege insurer delaying payments BILLINGS – Attorneys for Montana mine workers sickened and killed by toxic asbestos exposure filed a lawsuit against Zurich American Insurance on March 21 for allegedly stalling legal settlements and medical payments after transferring the workers’ claims to investors who can profit off the delays. The lawsuit…
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Legislation hopes to better measure hate crimes as state grapples with a rise
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There has been an increase in hate crimes in Colorado, according to data presented Tuesday as state lawmakers heard a measure seeking to track bias-motivated incidents. Colorado experienced a more than 12 percent increase in hate crimes in 2015 compared to 2014. There were 107 reported incidents in 2015, compared to 95 in 2014, according…
