sentencing
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Lawmakers cheer judge’s ruling to free re-incarcerated inmate Rene Lima-Marin
State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle hailed a judge’s ruling Tuesday that ordered Rene Lima-Marin freed after he had been sent back to prison due to what officials determined was a mistaken early release from a 98-year sentence. “Justice has been served, and now Rene can live out his second chance with a…
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Nicolais: Boulder sexual assault case provides no answers in a broken system
I don’t have the answer. I want that to be clear right from the beginning. As a member of the University of Colorado family, an attorney and stepfather to a college-aged woman, the stories regarding Austin Wilkerson and the sexual assault he committed leave me with many more questions than answers. I didn’t sit through…
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Nicolais: The back-and-forth swing of judicial discretion
The pendulum of judicial discretion perpetually swings from apex to apex without ever stopping in the middle. Subject to the political whims of its two more political brethren, the judicial branch remains ever subject to changing forces acting upon it. With passage of SB 16-051, the Colorado Legislature has increased the momentum in favor of…