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Colorado leaders weigh next steps after Supreme Court rejects state ban on ‘conversion therapy’
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Colorado leaders said they are weighing next steps after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the state’s ban on “conversion therapy” for children, as critics and supporters cheered or lambasted the ruling. The court’s near-unanimous decision called the Colorado law, passed in 2019, an “egregious assault” on the First Amendment. It remains to be…
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Democratic bill would let recipients of ‘conversion therapy’ sue Colorado providers with no statute of limitations
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Colorado lawmakers have advanced a proposal that would allow people who underwent conversion therapy to sue licensed providers for damages, moving the measure forward on a party-line vote in the House Judiciary Committee. House Bill 1322, proposed by Democratic Reps. Alex Valdez of Denver and Karen McCormick of Hygiene will move to a full-floor debate…
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Denver announces new court for those battling substance abuse
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Denver drug-related misdemeanor cases will now be handled in a new court. Denver County Court announced its new Recovery Court, officially opening on Monday, that will be dedicated to handling “drug and drug-adjacent cases such as quality-of-life crimes like trespassing and petty theft,” according to a news release from the court. The new court looks to…
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Castle Rock man in custody after fleeing state before sexual assault conviction
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A Castle Rock man who fled the state after being convicted of sexually abusing a child was arrested Sunday in Chaparral, N.M., authorities said. Jorge Alberto Campos, 42, failed to appear in court Friday, when a jury found him guilty of five counts of sexual assault on a child as part of a pattern of…
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Judge rejects motion in lawsuit against Palmer Lake mayor: ‘Weird situation’
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An El Paso County District Court has denied a request to freeze Dennis Stern’s role as mayor in Palmer Lake, calling the motion an overreach of judicial authority. In the denial, Judge David Prince said that a court interfering in the legislative actions of a municipality violated legal principles “that have been established for more…
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Colorado rape cases rarely result in an arrest and prosecution
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Authorities say they are especially difficult cases. In Colorado, most go nowhere. Over the past decade, for every 10 reports of rape, there is only one arrest. Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual violence. Kiersten May remembered a fuzziness overtake her as Saturday night slid into Sunday morning at the remote Colorado mountain campsite…
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Trial delayed for former Fountain city councilwoman accused of public assistance theft
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The trial for a former Fountain City Councilmember accused of stealing over $37,000 in public assistance funds has been pushed to July. Detra Duncan, 55, resigned in mid-September 2025 after El Paso County investigators say they found forged documents that Duncan used to file for food assistance, Medicaid and other benefits for herself and her…
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Judge expected to decide Monday whether to accept latest plea agreements for Hallfords
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An El Paso County judge is expected to decide Monday whether to accept new negotiations that would extend the prison sentence for Jon and Carie Hallford, coming on the heels of the court rejecting the original plea agreements for the owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home. The new agreements would see the Hallfords…
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Colorado justices reject defendant’s claim of race-based murder prosecution
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The Colorado Supreme Court rejected a convicted defendant’s argument on Monday that Arapahoe County prosecutors unconstitutionally singled out him and another Black teenager for murder prosecutions as adults, while offering lenient plea deals to their two non-Black co-defendants. Lloyd Chavez IV, a student at Cherokee Trail High School, died in May 2019 after four teenagers…
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Colorado justices reject defendant’s claim of race-based murder prosecution
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The Colorado Supreme Court rejected a convicted defendant’s argument on Monday that Arapahoe County prosecutors unconstitutionally singled out him and another Black teenager for murder prosecutions as adults, while offering lenient plea deals to their two non-Black co-defendants. Lloyd Chavez IV, a student at Cherokee Trail High School, died in May 2019 after four teenagers…
