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Robert Ray’s murder convictions upheld despite numerous errors, Colorado Supreme Court rules
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant a new trial to a man convicted for orchestrating a pair of 20-year-old murders in Aurora, despite identifying numerous errors at his trial. Arapahoe County jurors convicted Robert Keith Ray for the 2005 slayings of Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe. He received a death sentence and…
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A tattoo, the N-word, a different crime: Colorado justices hear appeal of former death row inmate
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Almost 20 years after the murders of a young couple in Aurora, the Colorado Supreme Court heard the appeal of the man convicted of orchestrating the killings and who now alleges numerous errors pervaded his trial. Arapahoe County jurors convicted Robert Keith Ray for the 2005 slayings of Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe. He received…
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Race, emotion, the death penalty: Colorado Supreme Court weighs reversing murder convictions of Sir Mario Owens
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A man convicted of two of the most high-profile murders in recent state history may receive a new trial if the Colorado Supreme Court agrees racial bias in jury selection or improper evidence were factors in the 2008 trial of Sir Mario Owens. Over several weeks, Arapahoe County prosecutors presented evidence that Owens was responsible…
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David Sabados to lead political effort to repeal Colorado death penalty
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Veteran Colorado (and national) politico David Sabados has a new mission: getting rid of the death penalty. Sabados will the executive director for Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty to find supportive candidates and eventually pass legislation. The organization calls the death penalty “a failed policy that too often risks innocent lives, is applied unequally to…
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Guzman: ‘I came to the Legislature to repeal the death penalty’
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Senate Minority Leader Lucia Guzman’s death penalty repeal bill was voted down by Republicans in committee Feb. 15, just as she expected. Speaking before the hearing, Guzman said she hoped mainly that the bill would foster heartfelt conversation on the issue. “It was not to be,” she said. She thinks she might have pulled off…
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Maisha Fields on defeat of death penalty repeal: A ‘crown of glory’ from God
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Maisha Fields on Wednesday launched debate on a bill aimed at repealing the death penalty in Colorado. She was the first of many witnesses called to speak and she delivered powerful testimony. Fields told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she is the daughter of state Sen. Rhonda Fields and that she also “bears the burden”…
