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10th Circuit overturns sentence for gang shooting because judge incorrectly applied law
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The federal appeals court based in Denver overturned a defendant’s seven-year sentence related to a gang shooting because the trial judge did not understand Colorado law when he explained why self-defense did not apply. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel D. Domenico sentenced Lougary Eddington to 84 months in prison for being a felon in possession…
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By 2-1, 10th Circuit finds government wrongly denied asylum application of man threatened by cartel
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Immigration authorities wrongly denied the asylum application of a man who assisted law enforcement in the United States only to be threatened by cartel members upon his deportation to Mexico, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Monday. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit decided, 2-1,…
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10th Circuit tosses inmate’s lawsuit over prison’s response to safety complaint
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has dismissed an inmate’s civil rights lawsuit because he had not fully pursued his administrative grievance, even though prison officials rejected a virtually identical grievance he previously filed. Arthur James Moore was incarcerated at Buena Vista Correctional Facility on June 10, 2019, when Sgt. Anthony Tresch allegedly told…
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Senate committee advances bill to expand witness intimidation law
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After assuaging members’ concerns about the breadth of the proposal, the state Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously advanced a bill enhancing prosecutors’ ability to charge people for intimidating victims or witnesses. Existing law criminalizes the intimation of a victim or witness to a legal proceeding, but Senate Bill 24 would explicitly cover the intimidation…
