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Colorado Supreme Court adopts scaled-back racial bias rule after 2.5 years of consideration
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Thursday adopted a long-stalled rule aimed at curbing racial discrimination in jury selection, which differs in substantial ways from the proposal its criminal rules committee forwarded more than two years ago. Prominently, the court removed the original default prohibition on lawyers removing jurors of color for certain reasons that, while not explicitly…
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Colorado Supreme Court rejects ‘perverse’ incentive for foreclosures
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lower court’s interpretation of the law that could have encouraged mortgage lenders to foreclose more quickly on homeowners exiting bankruptcy, calling the effects of such a ruling “perverse.” The issue before the justices was what impact a homeowner’s discharge from bankruptcy has on the timeline for banks…
