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Rio Blanco County sheriff’s officials can be held liable for jail suicide, appeals court rules
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The immunity that Colorado law broadly affords to government entities does not shield employees of the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office from being sued for the death of a jail detainee, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. On her third day in the county jail, Catherine Rowell died by suicide. Sheriff’s personnel allegedly failed to…
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Colorado appeals court overturns convictions after Garfield County judge violated right to counsel
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A Garfield County judge failed to follow the proper procedure when he effectively forced a criminal defendant to represent himself at trial, prompting the state’s Court of Appeals to reverse the convictions on Thursday. A jury convicted Tony Lee Bergman Jr. of multiple offenses related to the possession of child pornography. During the three years…
