parole
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Colorado Supreme Court to scrutinize parole requirements for juvenile sex offenders
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The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to answer whether the state law authorizing indefinite, potentially lifetime sentences for sex offenses makes room for the special considerations that must be given to juveniles who are tried as adults. In a rare move, the court accepted the question not through the usual appeals process, but following a…
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Justices agree with state, inmate on parole eligibility calculation
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The state’s Supreme Court justices agreed with both the Colorado Department of Corrections and inmate Nathanael E. Owens on Tuesday that the government should calculate Owens’ earliest parole date using a “hybrid” method accounting for the varying eligibility protocols in his three consecutive sentences. The justices cleared up in Owens’ appeal any lingering confusion from…
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Justices asked to endorse hybrid model of calculating parole eligibility
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In an unusual display of unity before the Colorado Supreme Court, both the government and inmate Nathanael E. Owens agreed that he was entitled to have his parole eligibility date calculated in a way that would move his potential release date one year earlier. However, Owens asked the justices to go further and order the Colorado…
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No liability for officers who arrested Lakewood parolee without probable cause, 10th Circuit says
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has agreed that a parole officer cannot be held liable for arresting a man without probable cause contrary to state law because such conduct does not clearly violate the Fourth Amendment. A lower court judge found that Matthew Stegner, the community parole officer for Jason Alan Cappelli, appeared…
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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…