juvenile crime
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House kills bill to ban law enforcement from lying to minors
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In the last act of the 2022 legislative session, the state House Wednesday killed a bill to prohibit law enforcement from lying while interrogating suspects younger than 18. The House sponsors of Senate Bill 23 chose to shut the bill down without opposition less than an hour before the legislature’s midnight deadline to conclude operations. The decision came…
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Lawmakers OK study on raising minimum age to criminally charge children
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State lawmakers passed a bill Monday to create a task force to study potentially raising the minimum age that Colorado children can be charged with most crimes. As originally drafted, House Bill 1131 would have increased the age for criminal prosecution from 10 to 13 years old, except in cases of murder or sexual assault. Lawmakers since…
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Colorado legislators to send bill helping formerly convicted minors access jobs to Polis
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Legislation to help those convicted when they were minors to get jobs is on its way to Gov. Jared Polis after receiving final approval from the Colorado legislature on Friday. If signed into law, House Bill 1383 would prohibit employers from asking applicants about criminal histories from when they were minors, including on applications or…
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Colorado House OKs bill to help formerly convicted youth access jobs
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Legislation to help formerly convicted youth get jobs passed a major hurdle Monday, receiving approval from the state House and moving forward to the Senate. If enacted, House Bill 1383 would prohibit employers from asking applicants about criminal histories from when they were minors, including on applications or during interviews. The bill would also spend…
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Colorado legislature OKs banning courts from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance
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From 2016 to 2020, 234 juveniles in Colorado were ordered to pay more than $3.57 million in restitution fees to insurance companies, according to state data. That practice might be coming to an end with the passage of a new bill on Monday. House Bill 1373 seeks to prohibit courts from ordering juveniles to pay…
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Effort to raise minimum age for criminally charging children downgraded to study
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A legislative effort to raise the minimum age Colorado children can be criminally charged was all but killed Wednesday after being downgraded to a task force to study potentially raising the age in the future. As drafted, House Bill 1131 would have removed children aged 10, 11 and 12 from the juvenile court’s jurisdiction, increasing…
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Panel advances bill to help formerly convicted youth access jobs
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Moving on from a juvenile criminal conviction might get easier in Colorado after a House panel advanced legislation sponsors say will help formerly convicted youth get jobs. If enacted, House Bill 1383 would prohibit employers from asking applicants about criminal histories from when they were minors, including on applications or during interviews. The bill would…
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Colorado House OKs measure creating pandemic supply stockpile
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The state House of Representatives approved a measure Monday to create an emergency stockpile of pandemic supplies. The bill passed almost entirely along party lines, with Democrats in support of the bill and most Republicans in opposition. It will now be sent to the state Senate for consideration in the coming weeks. If enacted, House…
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Colorado panel advances bill to stop juveniles from paying restitution to insurance companies
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When Shawn Pollock was 15 years old, he was arrested and sent to the Lookout Mountain Youth Detention Center. He said he spent four years in custody trying to become a better person, with aspirations of attending college after his release. Those hopes were dashed when, after he was let out at 19, Pollock learned…
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Panel OKs raising minimum age when a child can be criminally charged from 10 to 13
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A bill working through the Colorado legislature aims to increase the minimum age a person can be involved in the criminal justice system from 10 to 13 years old, blocking children under 13 from being charged with most crimes. House Bill 1131 passed its first hurdle Wednesday, receiving approval from the House judiciary committee in…
