death with dignity
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Man who shot terminally ill wife cannot claim he had her consent, appeals court rules
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The Jefferson County jury that convicted a man of first-degree murder for shooting his terminally ill wife did not need to consider whether he had the victim’s consent to kill her, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. In a case involving an alleged “mercy killing,” Bruce E. Bagwell shot his wife of 36 years, Theresa…
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ICYMI: ‘Rolling coal,’ pot water rights, switchblades and more
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? If you ride your bike along busy streets or even highways, you’re probably aware of what “rolling coal” means. For those who don’t, a bill before state lawmakers may not matter, but those who do are pretty excited. The Colorado Independent reported the legislation would impose a $100 traffic fine on motorists who change…
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Legislators not surprised aid in dying on ballot
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In February 2016, state Rep. Lois Court, a sponsor of legislation that would have allowed terminally ill Coloradans to obtain a prescription drug to bring about their deaths, told her fellow lawmakers, “Make no mistake, the voice of the people of this state will be held. You will hear from your constituents one way or the other.” She…
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Backers of five measures beat petition deadline
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Backers of five proposed ballot measures beat the Friday deadline and submitted petition signatures for verification, bringing the total number of possible ballot measures voters could face in the November general election to 11. Boxes of petition signatures were turned in that would ask voters whether to allow local governments to ban oil-and-gas development, triple…
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Big ‘End of Life Options’ debate halted by election year politics
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The strategy behind this year’s end-of-life physician assisted suicide bill was to get as many people as possible talking about it and to keep them talking about it as long as possible. Which is why it came as a shock to many at the Capitol Wednesday that the sponsors of House Bill 1054, Reps. Lois…
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Yesteryear: GOP gears up for ’96 presidential primary, Hairstreak Butterfly gets Senate nod
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Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … While the state was only in the “infancy stage” as a player in presidential politics, Colorado’s second presidential primary, in 1996, was shining a spotlight on a state that had been mostly ignored by presidential hopefuls. “Colorado got an enormous amount of attention from the…
