parole
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Appeals court upholds constitutionality of lifetime sentence for 18-year-old involved in gang shooting
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Hector Manuel Castillo drove the car from which his passenger, Alberto Valles, shot and fatally wounded the occupant of a rival gang member’s vehicle. Both were convicted of first-degree extreme indifference murder. Castillo, who was 18 years and six months old at the time of the killing, received a sentence of life in prison without…
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Gov. Jared Polis commutes sentence of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos from 110 years to 10 years.
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Gov. Jared Polis today shortened the sentence of a truck driver convicted of four counts of vehicular homicide earlier this month from 110 years to 10 years. Polis also commuted two other sentences, pardoned 15 individuals and signed an executive order granting 1,351 pardons for convictions of possession of two ounces or less of marijuana. The…
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Fewel: Stay Free Forever delivers ‘self-intervention’ at home to ex-prisoners
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Former Arizona parole officer launches crowdfunding campaign to bring crime-specific ‘thinking for change’ education to Colorado via mail, online and in-person classes The angry inmate stepped into my space on the open yard and let me and a whole bunch of inmates nearby know in the foulest of terms that he had no intention of…
