Tag: Justice Reform
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EDITORIAL: State Supreme Court abets local lawbreakers
Our state’s highest court not only undermined Colorado’s crime fight in a ruling handed down Monday, but it also flouted the will of our governor. It was Jared Polis, after all, who stood in the way of an attempt by the legislature last May to do what the Colorado Supreme Court wound up doing this…
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EDITORIAL: Another failure of justice, another Colorado tragedy
Just what does it take to keep a violent career criminal behind bars — and the public out of harm’s way — in the state of Colorado? Apparently, Walter Huling’s dozen-year record of violent and other serious crimes, including parole violations, wasn’t enough. Not enough to keep him from being paroled again. Nor to keep…
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EDITORIAL: Incompetency — a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card?
The Gazette reported last week that Gov. Jared Polis and some lawmakers are proposing to spend up to $12 million to confine and treat more of the lawbreakers who are found mentally incompetent to face criminal proceedings — but pose a threat to society. The extra accommodations are needed. Suspects deemed incompetent to grasp the…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado crime soars when criminals go free
It was encouraging to see a news report in The Gazette this week about a recent rise in car chases by police in Colorado’s third-largest city. A needed shift in policy by the Aurora City Council last March gave the city’s police more latitude in pursuing suspected car thieves and other lawbreakers. It’s part of…
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EDITORIAL: ‘Crowded’ prisons = safer Colorado
Let’s welcome news reported by The Gazette this week that Colorado’s prison population is on the rise, with more lawbreakers reportedly behind bars for parole violations. That’s encouraging in a state that has weathered an epic crime wave in recent years, often enough at the hands of parolees. The surge in our prison population reflects…