Tag: Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office
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DNA test request denied for man claiming innocence in 2003 rape conviction
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Friday denied access to DNA evidence that defense lawyers say will exonerate a man whose 2003 conviction of a heinous rape at a Lakewood trailer park rape largely relied on the testimony of a former Colorado Bureau of Investigation scientist who was…
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Broomfield shooting suspect may be tied to similar Denver incidents
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kenneth Gabriel “Gabe” Fairchild texted his cousin, Rick Claycomb, on Saturday that he “loved him to death,” advised him to cut the cables in his house and followed with a cryptic message: “There’s going to be fire today.” At around 9 a.m., Pete Elliot, a…
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Man sentenced to life in prison without parole for second murder conviction
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man who previously served 17 years in prison for a Denver murder was sentenced to life in prison without parole for fatally shooting a Golden man last year, the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. William Taft, 50, was convicted of charges including…