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Colorado justices issue revised opinion in Robert Ray appeal, addressing life without parole sentence
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The Colorado Supreme Court issued a modified decision last week in the appeal of former death row inmate Robert Keith Ray, addressing and rejecting his arguments about the constitutionality of his life sentence. Arapahoe County jurors convicted Ray for the 2005 slayings of Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe. He received a death sentence and remained…
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Colorado justices decline to find life sentences unconstitutional for non-triggermen
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A life sentence without parole does not violate the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment for defendants who did not kill the victim personally, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Prior to 2021, life without parole was the punishment for those convicted of felony murder. A defendant is guilty of felony murder if…
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As Colorado Supreme Court weighs life without parole for felony murder, ex-lawmaker casts doubt on state’s argument
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As the Colorado Supreme Court sits down on Monday to decide whether defendants convicted of felony murder prior to 2021 should receive new sentences less severe than life without the possibility of parole, a key legislative change will play a prominent role in the legal analysis. However, according to the lawmaker who led the effort…
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Colorado Supreme Court to decide whether life without parole for non-triggerman is constitutional
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will consider whether it is unconstitutional for a defendant to serve a sentence of life without parole for murder when he was not the one who caused the victim’s death. The case out of El Paso County implicates Colorado’s “felony murder” law, which, until recently, provided…
