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Colorado justices tentatively agree that judges’ appearance of bias can matter in criminal appeals
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Although members of the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed unconvinced that an El Paso County judge should have recused herself from a case because she was previously the victim of a similar crime, the court was less receptive to the government’s position that a judge’s appearance of bias can almost never be grounds for…
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Federal judge agrees colleague need not recuse in case due to prior employment
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A federal judge agreed last week that her colleague, a new appointee to Colorado’s U.S. District Court after a career representing the federal government, does not need to recuse from a recent civil case brought against the government. U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Prose joined the federal trial court earlier this year, appointed by the life-tenured…
