death penalty repeal
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Colorado Supreme Court rules ex-death penalty crimes now eligible for bail
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Three years after Colorado lawmakers repealed the death penalty, the state Supreme Court has clarified that defendants accused of crimes formerly subject to capital punishment are now eligible to be released on bail. The Colorado Constitution generally grants criminal defendants the right to bail pending trial, but carves out an exception for “capital offenses” where…
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Guzman: ‘I came to the Legislature to repeal the death penalty’
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Senate Minority Leader Lucia Guzman’s death penalty repeal bill was voted down by Republicans in committee Feb. 15, just as she expected. Speaking before the hearing, Guzman said she hoped mainly that the bill would foster heartfelt conversation on the issue. “It was not to be,” she said. She thinks she might have pulled off…
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Maisha Fields on defeat of death penalty repeal: A ‘crown of glory’ from God
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Maisha Fields on Wednesday launched debate on a bill aimed at repealing the death penalty in Colorado. She was the first of many witnesses called to speak and she delivered powerful testimony. Fields told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she is the daughter of state Sen. Rhonda Fields and that she also “bears the burden”…
