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A tattoo, the N-word, a different crime: Colorado justices hear appeal of former death row inmate
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Almost 20 years after the murders of a young couple in Aurora, the Colorado Supreme Court heard the appeal of the man convicted of orchestrating the killings and who now alleges numerous errors pervaded his trial. Arapahoe County jurors convicted Robert Keith Ray for the 2005 slayings of Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe. He received…
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Ex-staffers: Office of Public Guardianship is in crisis, lawmakers under pressure to regular funeral industry | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 21, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A Colorado office tasked with taking care of some of the state’s most vulnerable citizens is once more facing questions about its management, notably after resignations have left it with just a few staffers to care for more than 80 clients. The Office…
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‘It never ends’: Colorado lawmaker hopes for justice as court considers retrial in son’s murder
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More than 18 years after Javad Marshall-Fields was killed, his mother, state Sen. Rhonda Fields, said she is still waiting for the fight for justice to end. Marshall-Fields and his fiancée, Vivian Wolfe, were murdered in Aurora in 2005. The two 22-year-olds were fatally shot days before Marshall-Fields was scheduled to testify as a witness to the 2004…
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Race, emotion, the death penalty: Colorado Supreme Court weighs reversing murder convictions of Sir Mario Owens
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A man convicted of two of the most high-profile murders in recent state history may receive a new trial if the Colorado Supreme Court agrees racial bias in jury selection or improper evidence were factors in the 2008 trial of Sir Mario Owens. Over several weeks, Arapahoe County prosecutors presented evidence that Owens was responsible…
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Maisha Fields named political director of Democrat Levi Tillemann’s congressional campaign
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Seasoned political operative Maisha Fields, the daughter of state Sen. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, has joined Democrat Levi Tillemann’s congressional campaign as political director, the campaign announced Thursday. Fields, who held a similar position on Gov. John Hickenlooper’s 2014 gubernatorial campaign, got her start in politics more than a decade ago when her younger brother Javad…
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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg talks equity for women with Democrat Mike Johnston at campaign event
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It’ll take a combination of leadership in business, government and smaller scale, person-to-person relationships to bring about equity for women, said Facebook’s chief operating officer and author Sheryl Sandberg at an appearance Monday with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Johnston in Denver. “We have companies that need to do the right thing – lead by example. We…
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Colorado Independent’s Susan Greene wants records from George Brauchler that might blow up AG’s race
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Susan Greene doesn’t sugarcoat her thoughts. Ask George Brauchler, whom she compared to a kid hiding under his mother’s skirt in a column last week. She’s vowing to chase him out. My friend for 16 years, Greene is a veteran investigative journalist in this state who is the editor of the Colorado Independent. She wants…
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Guzman: ‘I came to the Legislature to repeal the death penalty’
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Senate Minority Leader Lucia Guzman’s death penalty repeal bill was voted down by Republicans in committee Feb. 15, just as she expected. Speaking before the hearing, Guzman said she hoped mainly that the bill would foster heartfelt conversation on the issue. “It was not to be,” she said. She thinks she might have pulled off…
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Maisha Fields on defeat of death penalty repeal: A ‘crown of glory’ from God
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Maisha Fields on Wednesday launched debate on a bill aimed at repealing the death penalty in Colorado. She was the first of many witnesses called to speak and she delivered powerful testimony. Fields told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she is the daughter of state Sen. Rhonda Fields and that she also “bears the burden”…
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Who has she lined up? Guzman set to make case for Colorado death penalty repeal
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State Senate Minority Leader Lucia Guzman’s death penalty repeal bill, SB 95, will be heard Wednesday afternoon in the Senate Judiciary Committee. How will it fare? The Statesman considered the case in mid-January. Some points to again consider. Guzman Guzman, a well-liked, thoughtful Methodist pastor, is still perhaps the best choice on the Democratic side…
