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Judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit from acquitted man against Denver officers
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A federal judge on Wednesday decided a man acquitted of murder by a Denver jury may sue the officers involved in the investigation for violating his rights, after they allegedly concealed information and failed to perform an adequate investigation. Although Micah Kimball claimed five law enforcement officers infringed on his Fourth Amendment right to be…
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State Supreme Court adopts new accountability standard for prosecutors
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The Colorado Supreme Court has clarified the circumstances under which prosecutors may face professional sanctions for failing to disclose information that they know, or should know, would cast doubt on the guilt of the criminally accused. The rule change also quietly reversed the high court’s two-decade-old precedent requiring disclosure to defendants only when evidence is…
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Justices uneasy over disclosure deal between Colorado prosecutors, defense attorneys
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A group of prosecutors and defense attorneys recently reached an accord over the responsibility of district attorneys to provide timely information favorable to criminal defendants or face professional sanctions. But members of the Colorado Supreme Court, at a hearing this week on the proposed rule change, expressed doubts about the new standard for holding prosecutors…
