{"id":108055,"date":"2015-11-25T02:17:21","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T09:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/colorado-courts-shift-to-twitter\/"},"modified":"2015-11-25T02:17:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T09:17:21","slug":"colorado-courts-shift-to-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/colorado-courts-shift-to-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado courts shift to Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a statement released last week, the Colorado Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Office of the State Court Administrator announced that each had established Twitter accounts. The statement said the online communication tool, which limits a single message to 140 characters, would provide an added communication portal to the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocial media platforms such as Twitter have proven to be powerful and useful communication tools with deep reach to broad audiences,\u201d said Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Nancy Rice. \u201cI believe that Twitter will enhance our outreach and communication efforts as we pursue our mission to educate Coloradans about the roles, responsibilities and actions of our Courts.\u201d<\/p>\n

In December 2014, District Court Judge Todd Plewe first granted The Journal permission to report live from the courtroom via Twitter, @tcbCortez, during an assault trial involving several Cortez police officers. The Make My Day case ended in acquittal.<\/p>\n

The following month, despite objections from the public defender\u2019s office, Chief District Court Judge Doug Walker granted a similar request allowing The Journal to send live courtroom updates via Twitter during the trial of a convicted sex offender. At the time, Walker stipulated that the use of social media couldn\u2019t distract jurors or witnesses.<\/p>\n

In this week\u2019s announcement, the Colorado Supreme Court will tweet case announcements, oral argument schedules, proposed and adopted rule changes, committee actions and events hosted by justices @CoSupremeCourt.<\/p>\n

Information from the Colorado Court of Appeals can be accessed @CoCourtAppeals, and the statewide Judicial Twitter handle, @CoCourts, will be used by both the Office of the State Court Administrator and Colorado\u2019s District and County Courts.<\/p>\n

The court\u2019s public information officer, Rob McCallum, @rwmccallum, started using Twitter in 2012.<\/p>\n

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