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A jail death in Denver raises questions about intake policies — and how a man with a violent history kept getting released early
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On June 30, deputies from the Denver Sheriff Department responded to an overnight call for help in the agency’s Downtown Detention Center. They found a man — later identified as 34-year-old Vincent Chacon — unresponsive in his cell, where he was pronounced dead, the police said in a news release. Police investigators later said the…
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Appeals court orders new trial for National Western Complex murder based on improper jury instruction
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Colorado’s second-highest court last month ordered a new trial for a man who stabbed and killed his victim during a fight at the National Western Complex, concluding the trial judge failed to give a key jury instruction. In June 2020, Christopher G. Smith and Jared Villaluz-Jones were residing at a temporary homeless shelter at the complex…
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Woman fatally stabbed near state Capitol
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A woman was fatally stabbed Sunday near the state Capitol building. Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson says the woman was waiting for a friend at about 2 a.m. Sunday when a man attacked her. She died at the scene, which is about three blocks east of the Capitol. Officers say the suspect then attacked the…
