Tag: Department Of Corrections
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Appeals court divided over effect of retroactive sentence on parole calculation
Colorado’s second-highest court grappled last week with the framework for calculating a defendant’s earliest possible parole date in light of two intersecting legal principles — a judge’s ability to make an order retroactive, and the requirement that separate, simultaneous sentences be treated as one continuous sentence. By 2-1, a three-judge Court of Appeals panel decided…
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Colorado policymakers scramble with prisons on track to exceed capacity
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Colorado’s prison system is on track to exceed capacity within the next year, driven by a sharp slowdown in parole releases, staffing shortages and an aging inmate population — all as lawmakers grapple with an $800 million general fund shortfall that limits options for expanding beds or spending in alternative programs. If projections hold, the…
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EDITORIAL: Lawmakers look for ways to let convicts loose
If only the Democratic majority at the State Capitol worried as much about the offenders roaming our streets as it does about those who are behind bars. Colorado’s offender-friendly legislature seems oblivious to the former and convinced there are too many of the latter. The progressive fringe among ruling Democrats often appears unfazed by headlines…
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Colorado’s prison population management plan activated due to overcrowding
Ongoing issues within the Colorado Department of Corrections have prompted the state to trigger its Prison Population Management Measures — a policy framework established in 2018 to address overcrowding. It marks the first time the measures have been put into effect. Under the law, the governor must implement the management measures if the state’s prison…
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Third teen sentenced for role in deadly 2023 carjacking
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A third teen was sentenced Friday in connection with a carjacking that killed an Iraqi immigrant. Raydon Collins pleaded guilty in February to a charge of aggravated robbery related to the shooting Sept. 19, 2023, that killed 23-year-old Ahmed Zainuldeen. He was shot and killed…
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Fort Collins man convicted of kidnapping and killing a Montana woman in 2021
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A jury convicted Casey Childers, 41, of kidnapping and killing Rachel Holeman, 29, Thursday afternoon. Childers kidnapped Holeman in 2021 with the help of Shantel Edlund, 46, and Leo VanBuskirk, 23. Holeman is from Montana and the others are from Wyoming. The Fort Collins Police…
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Final suspect in 2020 Colorado arson that killed five sentenced to 60 years
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly four years after a Green Valley Ranch arson left five Senegalese family members dead, the final suspect charged was sentenced to 60 years in prison. Denver District Court Judge Karen Brody sentenced 20-year-old Kevin Bui to 60 years in prison on Tuesday morning following the…
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Douglas County man sentenced to 20 years after shooting at deputies
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An 18th Judicial District judge sentenced a Douglas County man to 20 years in prison after he was convicted of shooting at sheriffs deputies during a pursuit. Judge Ryan Stuart sentenced 42-year-old Jorge Armando Guzman to two decades in the Department of Corrections Tuesday on…
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19-year-old sentenced in 2020 Denver arson case that killed 5 family members
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One of the three teenagers convicted of starting a house fire in the wrong home, killing a family of five, will serve 40 years in prison for second-degree murder. “This is the worst and most senseless murder I’ve ever investigated,” Denver Police Department Detective Neil Baker said at the sentencing on Friday. Gavin Seymour, now…
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Greenwood Village man convicted of robbing 4 banks in 4 months
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An 18th Judicial District jury convicted a Greenwood Village man of robbing four different banks in the metro Denver area over four months in 2022, leading to nearly $85,000 stolen. Greenwood Village Police officers arrested 30-year-old Jonathan Martin Bell following an armed robbery on Dec.…