indigent defense
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Aurora lawmakers to discuss plan for ridding municipal court of domestic violence cases
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Aurora’s lawmakers will continue conversations about removing domestic violence cases from municipal court and vote to move forward with a resolution telling the city attorney to challenge a recently-passed Colorado law that would ban flat fee contracts for indigent defense. In Monday night’s study session, Councilmember Dustin Zvonek will bring forward a resolution draft for…
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Aurora City Council to discuss indigent defense, I-225 safety
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The Aurora City Council will tackle several issues facing the city at its study session and regular meeting Monday evening, including the city’s position on a state bill regarding indigent defense, a call on CDOT to fix I-225 and a resolution to require the public to come to meetings in-person if they want to comment. …
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Aurora City Council to discuss indigent defense, I-225 safety
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The Aurora City Council will tackle several issues facing the city at its study session and regular meeting Monday evening, including the city’s position on a state bill regarding indigent defense, a call on CDOT to fix I-225 and a resolution to require the public to come to meetings in-person if they want to comment. …
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Aurora City Council to discuss indigent defense, I-225 safety
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The Aurora City Council will tackle several issues facing the city at its study session and regular meeting Monday evening, including the city’s position on a state bill regarding indigent defense, a call on CDOT to fix I-225 and a resolution to require the public to come to meetings in-person if they want to comment. …
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Aurora leaders threaten to end city’s domestic violence prosecution if state legislation passes
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Aurora Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky threatened to pursue an ordinance that would stop the city from prosecuting domestic violence cases if legislation at the Colorado state Capitol about indigent defense contracts gets passed. After a long and contentious push to see if the city of Aurora could save money by contracting out for indigent defense, which…
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Aurora leaders threaten to end city’s domestic violence prosecution if state legislation passes
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Aurora Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky threatened to pursue an ordinance that would stop the city from prosecuting domestic violence cases if legislation at the Colorado state Capitol about indigent defense contracts gets passed. After a long and contentious push to see if the city of Aurora could save money by contracting out for indigent defense, which…
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Aurora leaders threaten to end city’s domestic violence prosecution if state legislation passes
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Aurora Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky threatened to pursue an ordinance that would stop the city from prosecuting domestic violence cases if legislation at the Colorado state Capitol about indigent defense contracts gets passed. After a long and contentious push to see if the city of Aurora could save money by contracting out for indigent defense, which…
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Aurora’s request for proposals to determine cost of contracting public defenders comes up empty
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A request for proposals sent out by the city of Aurora in January to determine the potential costs of contracting out for indigent defense attorneys came back empty last week after months of tense discussion about the future of the city’s public defender’s office. The RFP was sent out in January, with proposals due in…
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Aurora’s request for proposals to determine cost of contracting public defenders comes up empty
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A request for proposals sent out by the city of Aurora in January to determine the potential costs of contracting out for indigent defense attorneys came back empty last week after months of tense discussion about the future of the city’s public defender’s office. The RFP was sent out in January, with proposals due in…
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Tension boils over at Aurora Council meeting about public defenders, call for ceasefire
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Tension boiled over at the Aurora City council meeting on Monday, when two items — a call for a “cease-fire” in Gaza and efforts to undo the request for proposals to examine the potential effects of privatizing the city’s public defender’s office — were removed from the agenda. Councilmember Alison Coombs, who had championed the “cease-fire”…
