surveillance
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Appeals court overturns Jeffco organized crime convictions, upholds pole camera surveillance
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Colorado’s second-highest court earlier this month overturned a string of organized crime and money laundering convictions out of Jefferson County due to prosecutors’ failure to present sufficient evidence proving the offenses. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals applied recent Colorado Supreme Court precedent to conclude a criminal “enterprise” must have its own structure…
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Appeals court, 2-1, says judge went too far in authorizing ‘continuous’ monitoring of man’s devices
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A Weld County judge mistakenly upheld a requirement that a defendant subject himself to ongoing monitoring of his keystrokes and data, including conversations with his attorneys, as part of his probation, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals decided, 2-1, that District Court Judge Vincente G. Vigil neglected…
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Task force to assess use of facial recognition by Colorado law enforcement, government
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A bill signed into law Wednesday establishes a task force to look into the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement and government agencies in Colorado. Senate Bill 113, scheduled to take effect in August, creates the task force to study how agencies use this technology, as well as potential abuses and needed regulations.…
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In 2-1 decision, 10th Circuit upholds terrorism convictions and foreign surveillance protocols
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It was not a constitutional violation for two men charged with terrorism-related offenses to wait six-and-a-half years before receiving a trial, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Wednesday, while also upholding the government’s surveillance framework for suspected national security threats. In a pair of decisions spanning 280 pages, a panel of the U.S.…
