Tag: Mitch Morrissey
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Colorado crime experts urge ‘misdemeanor reform’ to combat crime
A panel of experts on Tuesday argued that certain crimes deserve a felony category, instead of a misdemeanor, and Colorado’s policymakers should give law enforcers the tools they need to go after criminals. That approach might entail pushing back on policies throughout the state and in municipalities, according to the panelists at the Common Sense…
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10th Circuit says Denver officials did not violate rights of wrongly-convicted man
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man who spent nearly three decades behind bars before ultimately being acquitted of the charges may not sue the Denver prosecutors and law enforcement officials whose missteps contributed to his wrongful incarceration, the federal appeals court based in Colorado ruled on Tuesday. Clarence Moses-EL…
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Homicides in Denver: Nearly half of all recent arrests tied to person under supervision
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The last words Christopher Rhodes remembers his ex-girlfriend telling him as she gasped her dying breath echo deep in his soul months after her killing. He found Taryn Meyer, the cellphone in her hand, the 911 dispatcher still on the line. Meyer was slouched behind a…