Tag: Elizabeth Cadiz
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Aurora leaders threaten to end city’s domestic violence prosecution if state legislation passes
Aurora Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky on Friday threatened to pursue an ordinance that would stop the city from prosecuting domestic violence cases if legislation at the Colorado state Capitol about indigent defense contracts gets passed. After a long and contentious push to see if the city of Aurora could save money by contracting out for indigent…
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Aurora’s request for proposals to determine cost of contracting public defenders comes up empty
A request for proposals sent out by the city of Aurora in January to determine the potential costs of contracting out for indigent defense attorneys came back empty last week after months of tense discussion about the future of the city’s public defender’s office. The RFP was sent out in January, with proposals due in…
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Tension boils over at Aurora Council meeting about public defenders, call for ceasefire
Tension boiled over at the Aurora City council meeting on Monday, when two items — a call for a “cease-fire” in Gaza and efforts to undo the request for proposals to examine the potential effects of privatizing the city’s public defender’s office — were removed from the agenda. Councilmember Alison Coombs, who had championed the “cease-fire”…
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In house or privatize: Comparing indigent legal defense in Aurora, Denver and Colorado Springs
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As Aurora’s policymakers debate the future of its Public Defender’s Office, an analysis of Colorado’s two other biggest cities shows major differences in structure and costs, largely driven by the types of cases their indigent legal teams handle. Both Denver and Aurora have in-house public defender’s offices, while Colorado Springs contracts out for indigent client…
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Q&A with Elizabeth Cadiz | Aurora’s chief public defender
The City of Aurora has been debating the future of its Public Defender’s Office, with council in recent months voting to send out a request for proposals to determine what the financial impact of privatizing the office would be. The goal of the RFP is to determine if contracting out for public defense services and…
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Aurora public defenders critical of privatization effort
Aurora will send out a request for proposals to determine what the financial impact of privatizing its public defender’s office would be following heated debate at Monday’s City Council study session. The council originally voted to send out the RFP, which would show whether court-appointed defense counsel would be more cost effective than maintaining the…