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Colorado lawmakers advance bill to prevent police from lying to minors during interrogations
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Lorenzo Montoya spent more than 13 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. In 2000, when Montoya was 14 years old, he confessed to committing a murder after Denver police told him there were fingerprints, shoe prints and saliva at the crime scene proving his guilt. Montoya said the police told him he would go to…
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Senate narrowly OKs bill banning law enforcement from deceiving juveniles
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Legislation passed by the Colorado Senate would prohibit law enforcement officials from using deceptive tactics while interrogating suspects younger than 18. The Senate narrowly gave its approval to Senate Bill 23 Thursday in an 18-16 vote that largely fell along party lines. Republican senators voted in opposition while Democrats backed the bill, with one exception: Sen.…
