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Sponsors pull bill on racial bias in jury selection after opposition from DAs
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The Democratic sponsors of a bill to combat implicit racial bias in jury selection have opted against moving forward with their proposal, asking instead that the Colorado Supreme Court exercise its rulemaking power before the next legislative session. Sens. Pete Lee, D-Colorado Springs, and Julie Gonzales, D-Denver, had initially sought to address the concerns of…
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El Paso County commissioner launches campaign for Colorado Springs mayor
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El Paso County Commissioner Longinos Gonzalez announced Wednesday he is getting into the race to replace Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers. The commissioner is the third candidate to announce his interest in the April 2023 election for the mayor’s seat. Suthers is term limited and cannot run again. Gonzalez said he would bring experience as…
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Prosecutors, public defenders square off on jury bias bill as Senate committee seeks compromise
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Elected prosecutors strenuously opposed and defense attorneys vigorously supported proposed legislation to address implicit bias in jury selection, prompting the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to postpone action and search for a middle ground. Proponents of Senate Bill 128 hope to join the handful of states whose legislatures or highest courts have enacted procedures making…
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FOCUS ON THE SPRINGS | License plate to honor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
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As the 100th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb approaches, Colorado Springs lawmakers are seeking to honor the annual race with a new license plate. If passed, Senate Bill 107 would create the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb special license plate. This would be Colorado’s 40th special license plate, available for drivers to…
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Tom Tancredo endorses Gino Campana in Colorado’s Republican US Senate primary
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Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo on Tuesday endorsed Gino Campana in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Michael Bennet. “If you want a real, conservative patriot fighting for you in Washington, D.C., then you have to join me in supporting Gino Campana,” Tancredo said in a statement. “There is simply…
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GOP secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson responds to Peters bid with call for ‘professionalism’
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Republican secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson responded to Monday’s announcement that Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters is entering the GOP primary for the seat with a call for a “return to professionalism” in the office and a vow to serve as a “fair referee” overseeing Colorado’s elections. Anderson, a former two-term Jefferson County clerk…
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State Supreme Court reverses man’s convictions for handling of race-based juror dismissal
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A man serving a 144-year sentence for kidnapping, sexually assaulting and trying to kill a teenager will receive a new trial, after the Colorado Supreme Court decided Monday that a Denver judge improperly handled the defendant’s assertion of racial discrimination in his jury selection. Members of the court found the prosecutor in Ray Ojeda’s 2015…
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Race for Senate President Leroy Garcia’s seat heats up, recalled legislator joins contest
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Among the seven candidates so far who want to succeed outgoing Senate President Leroy Garcia is a familiar name: former state Sen. Angela Giron of Pueblo, whom voters recalled in 2013. And next Saturday’s election is starting to shape up as a battle between endorsers: in Giron’s corner, Sen. Julie Gonzales of Denver; in Nick…
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Federal judge finds no hiring discrimination in lawsuit against state Judicial Department
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A federal judge found “definitively no” indication of discrimination from the state’s judicial branch after a Black job applicant claimed her race and age were the reason she was passed over for a job with the Colorado Supreme Court. In dismissing the lawsuit of Michele D. Brown, U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty observed that…
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10th Circuit calls out federal judges for misunderstanding woman’s discrimination case
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A pair of federal judges summarily dismissed a woman’s racial discrimination lawsuit based on inadequate reasoning and a key factual mistake, the appeals court based in Denver decided on Thursday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit found that U.S. District Court Senior Judge Lewis T. Babcock and U.S. Magistrate Judge Gordon P.…
