juveniles
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Colorado lawmakers advance bill to prevent police from lying to minors during interrogations
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Lorenzo Montoya spent more than 13 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. In 2000, when Montoya was 14 years old, he confessed to committing a murder after Denver police told him there were fingerprints, shoe prints and saliva at the crime scene proving his guilt. Montoya said the police told him he would go to…
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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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House passes bill banning courts from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance
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State House members approved a bill on Monday to ban courts from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance companies. House Bill 1373 seeks to prohibit courts from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance companies, though it still allows the courts to mandate juveniles pay restitution to victims. From 2016 to 2020, 234 juveniles in…
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COVER STORY | Colorado legislature on rising youth violence: ‘We’re at a crisis’
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Pamela Cabriales was “beautiful, inside and out.” That’s how family and friends described the 32-year-old Denver real estate agent and mother of a 6-year-old son. Pamela was regarded as the embodiment of pure love, always reaching out and trying to help others. On Feb. 20, 2021, Pamela was driving in downtown Denver after leaving dinner with a…
