violent crime
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Report: Denver, Aurora see sharp decline in crime rates
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Violent and property crime rates in Denver and Aurora saw sharp declines over three years, though Colorado’s most populous city led the list in violent crimes, a new report found. Denver’s crime rates declined steadily since 2022, mirroring a statewide trend, according to the report from the Common Sense Institute. Still, Denver topped the list…
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CU Study: 2020 police pull-back led to more crime
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Police pull-back in response to law enforcement reform measures in Colorado’s metro areas led to more instances of violence and property crimes, according to a University of Colorado Boulder study. Still, researchers stressed that more policing is not necessarily the answer. “It’s an interesting time. The pendulum swung pretty far in 2020 and 2021, but…
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10th Circuit, prosecution, defense all agree federal judge wrongly calculated sentence
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After the prosecution and defense were in unusual agreement that a trial judge misapplied the law when determining if a prior conviction amounted to a violent crime, the federal appeals court based in Denver agreed this month that the defendant’s sentence could not stand. Kenneth Devereaux pleaded guilty in 2022 to the federal offense of…
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Bill protecting sex workers from violent crime to be sent to governor
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Legislation to protect sex workers from violent crime is on its way to the governor’s desk after receiving approval from the Colorado legislature on Wednesday. If signed into law, House Bill 1288 would allow sex workers to report violent crimes without fear of being arrested by granting victims and witnesses of violent crime immunity from…
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Colorado House unanimously passes bill to protect sex workers from violent crime
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The Colorado House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation Monday that seeks to allow sex workers to report violent crime without fear of being arrested. If enacted, House Bill 1288 would grant victims and witnesses of violent crime immunity from prostitution-related charges when reporting the crime to police. The bill will now be sent to the…
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Colorado House advances bill to protect sex workers from violent crime
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In 2018, Pasha Ripley was supporting her husband on disability and facing foreclosure on their home when she was forced to turn to sex work to get by. Within the month, she was brutally attacked by one of her clients. Ripley said the client grabbed her by the hair when she entered the room and savagely…
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How Colorado’s congressional delegation voted this week
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H.R. 3053: Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017 This was a vote to pass H.R. 3053 in the House. This bill provides the authorizations and procedures to begin building a repository for the nation’s nuclear wastes at Yucca Mountain in the southern Nevada desert. The U.S. Energy Department planned to transport radioactive waste from…
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Pot, Handmaids and Magpul: Colorado Politics’ hottest stories of 2017
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Our most popular stories aren’t always the ones Colorado Politics journalists consider most newsworthy. Case in point: this list of our most viral-prone stories of 2017, which contains nary a mention of school choice, Neil Gorsuch, DACA, the #MeToo movement, transportation or special sessions, threatened or real. Without further ado, here are the headlines…
