Tag: Anne Kelly
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Embattled Morphew prosecutor officially disbarred
Linda Stanley’s former number two prosecutor sworn in days before the Tuesday election.
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Decision on former Morphew prosecutor’s fate delayed
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The arm of the Colorado Supreme Court that oversees the state’s attorneys has pushed back Friday’s deadline to decide the fate of the embattled former prosecutor in the Morphew case. Linda Stanley, the sitting 11th Judicial District Attorney, could be disbarred, publicly or privately censured,…
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Specialty courts address overload of mentally ill inmates
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One of the worst parts of an Alamosa County Sheriff deputy’s job is dealing with jail inmates who suffer mental illness as they await agonizingly long times for competency hearings on the way to trial. Sheriff Robert Jackson advised that to get a good picture of what this looks like, envision a certain scene from…
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Former San Luis Valley District Attorney disbarred
The embattled San Luis Valley District Attorney who stayed in office through several serious investigations into his ineffective treatment of crime victims has been disbarred and admonished by the branch of the Colorado Supreme Court which oversees disciplinary matters. Alonzo Payne, who resigned less than halfway through his term as 12th Judicial District Attorney, agreed…
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Pandemic-fueled domestic violence leads to homicide spike in Colorado’s largest cities
Peter Walker was cooking in his downtown Colorado Springs home midafternoon on New Year’s Day 2020, when his housemate stuck a 2½-inch blade of a Leatherman multitool into his stomach. He was brought to the hospital, where he died of the stab wound about two hours later, an autopsy showed. Matthew Morrow was killed Dec.…