trafficking
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Judge green-lights forced-labor lawsuit against operator of Aurora detention center
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A federal judge last week refused to throw out a long-running lawsuit against private prison operator The GEO Group, and is instead permitting a jury to decide whether the company violated federal human trafficking law and unjustly enriched itself off of detainee labor in Aurora. In unusually strong terms, U.S. District Court Senior Judge John…
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COURT CRAWL | Supreme Court back in session, eyes on Aurora
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Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state Supreme Court will return to downtown Denver this week to hear two days of oral arguments, while a couple of constitutional rights cases against Colorado’s third-largest city have received rulings in the past week. Justices to hear cases…
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Denver-area hotels cannot be held liable for sex trafficking, federal judge rules
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Even though hotel staff knew a sex trafficking victim well enough to wink as she checked in and offer a “jetted tub” upgrade, they were seemingly unaware she was being exploited and she may not sue for her two years of abuse, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer found…
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US trafficking report highlights vulnerability of children
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WASHINGTON – Children removed from their families and placed in institutional care are at greater risk of being trafficked, the U.S. warned Thursday in an annual report. The State Department report, which ranks governments in their efforts to combat slavery and the flesh trade, left the Trump administration open to accusations of hypocrisy as the…
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Hickenlooper vetoes autopsy bill opposed by news outlets
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper Friday afternoon announced he had vetoed three bills passed in the 2018 legislative session that ended last month, including one that would have placed autopsy reports on children off limits to the public except under limited circumstances. Senate Bill 223 was brought to the General Assembly by El Paso County Coroner…
