lily oeffler
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Appeals court sides with sheriffs, counties in tossing detainee death lawsuit
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The state’s Court of Appeals has sided with Colorado’s counties and multiple sheriffs in finding Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader cannot be sued for the suicide death of a jail detainee. Unlike other wrongful death lawsuits and claims against government officials, which have a two-year filing window, state law carves out an exception for sheriffs.…
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Jeffco prosecutors did not have enough evidence to convict man, appeals court rules
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Colorado’s second-highest court overturned a man’s conviction for sex crimes against a child, determining last week that prosecutors did not have enough evidence to prove his guilt. James C. Johnson disputed at trial and on appeal that he was even the person who pulled a pickup truck alongside a 10-year-old girl in Lakewood and made…
