sex offender
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10th Circuit upholds longer sentence for cognitively-impaired man, says there ‘not a right answer’
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Even while recognizing the defendant’s only sexual offense happened 25 years ago, that he had served his prison sentence, and that he had the cognitive abilities of a second grader, the federal appeals court based in Denver declined to order a lesser sentence for Kayode Dobosu’s failure to comply with certain conditions of his sex…
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Mesa County judge went too far in ordering sex offender treatment absent a conviction, appeals court rules
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Although trial judges may require parents to receive psychological counseling for their sexual behavior as part of child welfare proceedings, they may not order parents to receive Colorado’s formal sex offender treatment in the absence of a criminal conviction, the Court of Appeals ruled last week. A three-judge appellate panel explained that the treatment standards…
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State Supreme Court agrees to interpret felony animal cruelty, sex offender registration laws
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Colorado’s Supreme Court has agreed to interpret whether two state laws, criminalizing cruelty to animals and the failure to register as a sex offender, permit convictions to be transformed into felonies upon a judge’s findings alone, or if a jury must make that decision. Both cases came through the state’s Court of Appeals, where separate…
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Mesa County looks at the impact of sex-offender ruling
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A recent ruling from a federal judge that Colorado’s sex offender registry violated the constitutional rights of three sex offenders has prompted swift reactions across the state, but it’s still not clear whether or when it will affect Mesa County cases. Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman intends to appeal the decision. Montrose County Sheriff Rick…
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? Nicolais: Soros drops $100k in lies on Jeffco DA race
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George Soros wants to buy a district attorney in Jefferson County. At the end of September, he penned a check for $100,000 for just that purpose. And the downright deceitful mailers he is running against current DA Pete Weir prove he’ll say anything to get his money’s worth. To put Soros $100,000 into perspective, Weir…