Tag: Rhonda Fields
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A tattoo, the N-word, a different crime: Colorado justices hear appeal of former death row inmate
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Almost 20 years after the murders of a young couple in Aurora, the Colorado Supreme Court heard the appeal of the man convicted of orchestrating the killings and who now alleges numerous errors pervaded his trial. Arapahoe County jurors convicted Robert Keith Ray for the 2005 slayings of Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe. He received…
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Arapahoe County swears in new, returning commissioners, new district attorney
Arapahoe County swore several new elected officials into office in a ceremony Thursday evening, welcoming back two county commissioners, a new commissioner and a new district attorney. FILE PHOTO: Amy Padden speaks after being sworn in as the new 18th Judicial District Attorney on Jan. 9, 2025. Kyla Pearce/Denver Gazette As Amy Padden, the new…
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Q&A with Hashim Coates | Candidate for Arapahoe County Commission District 5
Arapahoe County residents will vote for three county commission seats this year, with two candidates vying for District 5. The races in Districts 1 and 3 are uncontested. Incumbent Carrie Warren-Gully and Scott Brown are running for each district, respectively. In District 5, it’s a contest between Rhonda Fields and Hashim Coates. Bill Holen currently…
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Q&A with Rhonda Fields | Candidate for Arapahoe County Commission District 5
Arapahoe County residents will vote for three county commission seats this year, with two candidates vying for District 5. The races in Districts 1 and 3 are uncontested. Incumbent Carrie Warren-Gully and Scott Brown are running for each district, respectively. In District 5, it’s a contest between Rhonda Fields and Hashim Coates. Bill Holen currently…
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Federal judge declines to block Colorado’s ‘ghost gun’ prohibition
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request from gun rights advocates to block a recent Colorado law prohibiting the possession and transport of certain firearm components not imprinted with a serial number — known as “ghost guns.” To address the proliferation of guns privately assembled from kits…
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‘I stand on the shoulders of everyone before me:’ Aurora Councilmember Stephanie Hancock reflects on Black History Month
“Black history isn’t one month for me, it’s a lifestyle that I’ve taken on as a person of color who lives in this county.” Stephanie Hancock, a Black member of Aurora City Council, said those words to The Denver Gazette Tuesday when asked what Black History Month meant to her. “For me to contribute to…
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‘It never ends’: Colorado lawmaker hopes for justice as court considers retrial in son’s murder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 18 years after Javad Marshall-Fields was killed, his mother, state Sen. Rhonda Fields, said she is still waiting for the fight for justice to end. Marshall-Fields and his fiancée, Vivian Wolfe, were murdered in…
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Bullet hits Colorado senator’s window in Aurora, shattering ‘faith in my security’
The bullet traveled through her window, cut through the sheers, pierced into her china cabinet, and then lodged itself in the living room wall. The shot did not just shatter her window, state Sen. Rhonda Fields said. “My faith in my security, of being, feeling safe at home, has been shattered,” she said. The Aurora…
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Colorado advocates want to send schools a message: It’s never OK to hit a kid
Colorado would ban corporal punishment by schools and day care centers, if a bill proposed by two Democratic legislators becomes law. The state is one of 22 states that allows corporal punishment in education. It’s not clear how often it’s used — the state doesn’t collect that data and federal student discipline records show no…