Punishment

Regional News

Bill to discourage Colorado police from lying to minors advances in House committee

Lawmakers worry juveniles respond differently to law enforcement than adults

February 2, 2023

Regional News

Colorado governor reduces truck driver’s sentence to 10 years from 110; pardons 1,315 people for marijuana possession

people died in 2019 when an out-of-control semi crashed into them

December 31, 2021

Regional News

Execution of Native American man stirs emotion within tribe

There, in an area where hitchhiking is common, Slim agreed to give two males a ride. They got into her…

August 23, 2020

Local News

Gov. Jared Polis sidesteps questions about commuting death row sentences

Governor says three men waiting to die haven’t asked for clemency

March 3, 2020

Local News

Lawmakers repeal death penalty. What will Gov. Polis do with men facing execution?

Governor has already said he will sign bill into law

February 26, 2020

Local News

Colorado lawmakers move closer to repealing death penalty

received initial approval after emotional debate in Senate

January 31, 2020

Food

Dining in at the ‘La Plata Ramada’

at the La Plata Detention Center has a reputation – and it’s not what you might think

April 9, 2019

Regional News

Colorado lawmakers consider ending little-used death penalty

The committee voted 3-2 on party lines after hours of public testimony Wednesday to send the bill to the full…

March 7, 2019

Local News

Mancos woman works to free innocent prisoners across the country

Whitman, who runs the Colorado-based nonprofit National Capital Crime Assistance Network, spent the next six years working on Young’s case,…

February 20, 2017

Local News

Colorado Senate Democrats attempt to repeal death penalty

stands by local judges to make the right decision on its use

February 15, 2017

Local News

Raymond Cain to be resentenced for 1995 murder

video, Cain expresses remorse for his role in double shooting

October 20, 2016

Nation & World

Execution drop makes some think death penalty is fading away

In this Aug. 19, 2016, photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks in Pojoaque, N.M. There have been just…

September 6, 2016

Regional News

Woman gets 100 years for cutting baby from womb

Lynn does not express remorse at trial

April 30, 2016

Regional News

Second of two escaped N.M. inmates arrested

surrenders to police without putting up fight

March 12, 2016

Nation & World

Jail populations rising fastest in small counties

U.S. jails now hold nearly 700,000 inmates on any given day, up from 157,000 in 1970, and the Vera Institute…

December 15, 2015