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Appeals court acknowledges ‘unfair’ outcome, upholds man’s lifetime sex offender registration
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday upheld a man’s requirement to register as a sex offender for life, while acknowledging state law made no exception for his 37-year-old conviction from outside Colorado that did not even require him to register at the time. Raymond Edward Moore has two convictions on his record for sex offenses: one…
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Federal judge declines to block Colorado’s ‘ghost gun’ prohibition
A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request from gun rights advocates to block a recent Colorado law prohibiting the possession and transport of certain firearm components not imprinted with a serial number — known as “ghost guns.” To address the proliferation of guns privately assembled from kits or 3-D printers, the General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 279…
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Appeals court rules juries may have unrestricted access to ‘pretext’ calls between sex assault victims, suspects
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday ruled that trial judges may provide juries with unrestricted access during their deliberations to “pretext” phone calls made by sex assault victims to their alleged perpetrators with a goal of eliciting incriminating statements. The Court of Appeals had never before decided whether pretext calls should be treated like a defendant’s…
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Appeals court rules juries may have unrestricted access to ‘pretext’ calls between sex assault victims, suspects
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday ruled that trial judges may provide juries with unrestricted access during their deliberations to “pretext” phone calls made by sex assault victims to their alleged perpetrators with a goal of eliciting incriminating statements. The Court of Appeals had never before decided whether pretext calls should be treated like a defendant’s…
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Federal judge says defendant’s rights not violated by different meaning of ‘pimping’ in ‘Black culture’
A federal judge last week rejected the argument that a defendant should receive a new child sex trafficking trial because his attorney failed to ensure jurors understood “pimping” allegedly meant something different in “Black/African-American culture.” Jalil Lemason Robinson is serving a nearly 16-year sentence after jurors convicted him on two counts related to the attempted…
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Federal judge says defendant’s rights not violated by different meaning of ‘pimping’ in ‘Black culture’
A federal judge last week rejected the argument that a defendant should receive a new child sex trafficking trial because his attorney failed to ensure jurors understood “pimping” allegedly meant something different in “Black/African-American culture.” Jalil Lemason Robinson is serving a nearly 16-year sentence after jurors convicted him on two counts related to the attempted…
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Following SCOTUS decision, judge enters injunction against Colorado in 303 Creative case
Nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision and nearly eight years after she first filed suit in Colorado’s federal trial court, web designer Lorie Smith received an injunction prohibiting the state from compelling her to create wedding websites for same-sex couples. In a March 26 order, U.S. District Court Chief Judge…
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Following SCOTUS decision, judge enters injunction against Colorado in 303 Creative case
Nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision and nearly eight years after she first filed suit in Colorado’s federal trial court, web designer Lorie Smith received an injunction prohibiting the state from compelling her to create wedding websites for same-sex couples. In a March 26 order, U.S. District Court Chief Judge…
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Following SCOTUS decision, judge enters injunction against Colorado in 303 Creative case
Nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision and nearly eight years after she first filed suit in Colorado’s federal trial court, web designer Lorie Smith received an injunction prohibiting the state from compelling her to create wedding websites for same-sex couples. In a March 26 order, U.S. District Court Chief Judge…
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10th Circuit warns employers against discriminatory DEI programming
The federal appeals court based in Denver sent up a warning flare to employers on Monday that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts can cross the line into illegal workplace discrimination, deeming certain race-conscious programming “troubling” and the product of “ideological messaging.” At the same time, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…