restorative justice
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Magistrates, lawyers discuss youth, guns and responses to school safety
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Adams County Magistrate Michal Lord-Blegen was a school administrator in Aurora when two teenagers killed 13 people and themselves at Columbine High School in 1999. The massacre was a lens through which she viewed her subsequent work as a principal and as a lawyer. “We’ve got a lot of kids with guns,” said Lord-Blegen earlier this…
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As crime rates rise in Colorado, restorative justice offers hope
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A recent report that details the skyrocketing societal and financial costs of rising crime rates in Colorado, coupled with a 50% recidivism rate – one of the worst in the country – have prompted a warning from leading prosecutors: Well-intended policies that coddle criminals have made life in the state more dangerous. But one philosophy…
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As crime rates rise in Colorado, restorative justice model a flash of hope
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A recent report which details the skyrocketing societal and financial costs of rising crime rates in Colorado, coupled with a dismal 50% recidivism rate, which is one of the worst in the country, have prompted a warning from leading prosecutors: Well-intended policies which coddle criminals has made life in the state more dangerous. But one…
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Colo. partnership to work for ‘restorative justice’
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Prosecutors, public defenders and state administrators say they’ll work toward a system of justice that instills responsibility and remorse from offenders instead of longer jail sentences. State Rep. Pete Lee, D-Colorado Springs, has been beating the drum for the practice called restorative justice for years. Tuesday, the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, the…
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A whole bunch of Colorado laws go into effect Wednesday
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Wednesday marks 90 days since the end of the legislative session, which means Colorado law is set to change in ways large and small as a passel of new statutes join to legal code. More than 200 laws are set to take effect on Aug. 9. More take effect at staggered dates, depending on how…
