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Appeals court finds no discrimination in dismissals of jurors of color across 3 cases
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Colorado’s second-highest court recently agreed prosecutors did not unconstitutionally remove jurors of color in three criminal cases for racial reasons. The Court of Appeals encountered significant variation in how the trial judges approached the prosecution’s dismissal of each juror. One judge explained the circumstances at length, one judge gave virtually no explanation and the third…
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Divided appeals court rules child neglect determinations cannot hinge on uncertain effects of drug exposure
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that a recent change to the state’s child neglect laws requires more than just the possibility an infant exposed to drugs at birth will experience negative health effects in the future. Prior to 2020, a court could declare a child neglected if, among other things, they tested positive at…
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Colorado appeals court upholds man’s convictions despite juror who ‘wouldn’t give him a fair trial’
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday declined to overturn a man’s convictions for sexually assaulting multiple children despite one juror disclosing that she “wouldn’t give him a fair trial.” Joseph Lee Davis is serving a sentence in excess of 600 years for grooming, raping or enticing seven boys over a span of two decades. Davis raised…
