death penalty
-
Judge criticizes government’s rationale for restrictions on Boston bomber
The government has provided inadequate explanations for why it is preventing the man convicted of the Boston Marathon bombing from contacting his nieces and nephews by phone or mailing photographs to his family and attorneys, a federal judge determined. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is responsible for killing four people in April 2013 and is incarcerated at…
-
Colorado criminal justice leaders urge Biden to end federal death penalty
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…
-
David Sabados to lead political effort to repeal Colorado death penalty
Veteran Colorado (and national) politico David Sabados has a new mission: getting rid of the death penalty. Sabados will the executive director for Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty to find supportive candidates and eventually pass legislation. The organization calls the death penalty “a failed policy that too often risks innocent lives, is applied unequally to…
-
BIDLACK: Stop hiding the tools of death
If you want to start an argument in a phone booth with two people, the best subject to bring up might be the death penalty. Recent polling both nationally and here in Colorado tells us that just about half of Americans (49 percent nationally and 47 percent here) support the death penalty, while about 47…
-
Out West Roundup: Kids have furry, four-legged friends in New Mexico courts
New Mexico Kids have furry, four-legged friends in New Mexico courts ALBUQUERQUE – Looking adorable is only part of the job description. Also required is the ability to remain calm in public spaces and to impart that peaceful feeling to others, particularly children. Filling the job openings are Lucy and Kasey 2, golden retrievers who…
-
Hickenlooper has little faith in Republican George Brauchler becoming governor
Gov. John Hickenlooper doesn’t believe high-profile Republican George Brauchler has a good chance of becoming Colorado’s next governor. Colorado Politics asked Hickenlooper, a Democrat who is term-limited, about the gubernatorial race, which is already heating up ahead of next year. The governor was asked whether he would consider clemency for convicted killer Nathan Dunlap before he…
-
Congressman Ed Perlmutter officially declares he’s running for governor of Colorado
Declaring that he’ll stand up for Colorado in the face of threats from the Trump administration, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, an Arvada Democrat, made his campaign for governor official on Sunday afternoon at a grocery store in Golden. “I love this state, and I want to continue to lead the fight for freedom, equality and…
-
Republican Mitchell blasts fellow gubernatorial candidate Brauchler as ‘yet another lawyer’
That didn’t last long. After announcing he was running for governor of Colorado early Wednesday morning, Republican George Brauchler enjoyed a honeymoon that lasted just six hours before the attacks started coming. “Attorney Brauchler is a fine fellow – a pretty good lawyer,” read a back-handed compliment from fellow Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell. “He’s…
-
Republican George Brauchler declares he’s running for governor of Colorado in 2018
Republican George Brauchler, the district attorney who prosecuted the Aurora theater shooter, officially launched his campaign for governor of Colorado on Wednesday. Declaring that he will be the grassroots conservative in what could be a crowded GOP primary field, Brauchler said he intends to bring leadership to a state that has languished under what’s amounted…