Tag: Justice Richard Gabriel
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Colorado Supreme Court faces ‘difficult’ question of whether to shut window on child sex abuse survivors
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday stared down two possibilities: If it deems a 2021 law designed to help survivors of childhood sex abuse unconstitutional, many victims will have no avenue to hold their abusers or the institutions that harbored them legally liable. On the other hand, if the court upholds the law, then schools,…
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Colorado Supreme Court ponders whether domestic violence treatment is ‘punishment’
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Defendants whose crimes involve domestic violence are generally required to complete a treatment program and face other consequences, including the relinquishment of firearms. This week, the Colorado Supreme Court considered whether juries, instead of judges, should decide whether an offense amounts to domestic violence. To get to the answer, the justices must weigh a related…