Tag: Life Without Parole
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Colorado Supreme Court to decide whether life without parole for non-triggerman is constitutional
The Supreme Court has also ordered an Arapahoe County judge to explain his unusual approach to DUI cases
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Lifetime sentence for non-triggerman in Colorado Springs murder upheld by appeals court
It does not violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment to sentence an adult to life in prison without parole for a death they did not cause, Colorado’s second-highest court has ruled. Wayne Sellers IV challenged his sentence, the most severe punishment authorized under Colorado law, for the crime of felony murder.…