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- CADP
Sponsors Events with Death Row Exoneree
Juan Melendez
On January 3, 2002, Juan Roberto Melendez,
an innocent man, was released from Florida's
death row after 17 years, eight months
and one day. During February 2010, Juan
will be speaking in Colorado, sponsored
by CADP. Please join us to hear Juan
speak about his experience on Florida's
death row. Then you decide if the death
penalty is worth executing even one innocent
person. (2/4/10, CADP)
- CADP Benefit Concert Held January 16th
A
lively, well-attended benefit
concert was held January 16, 2010
to raise money and awareness to help
Coloradans for Alternatives to the
Death Penalty. The Saturday night concert
at the Mercury Cafe in downtown Denver
featured Phoenix Rising, a band made
up of local attorneys and people from
the legal community. In addition to
a strong rhythm section, the band was
comprised of horns and backup singers.
Music included classic R&B, a segment
of jaunty New Orleans tunes, and lots
of familar grooves that kept the large
crowd of all ages coming back to the
dance floor. A silent auction rounded
out the CADP benefit. (1/19/10, CADP)
- Denver Prosecutors Won't Seek Death Penalty
in Witness Killing
Denver prosecutors will not seek the death
penalty against Willie Clark, Shun Birch
and Brian Hicks for the 2006 murder of witness
Kalonniann Clark. (12/2/09, The Denver Post)
- Five
Questions for Michael Radelet, CU Sociology
Professor and Death Penalty Expert
A recent study commissioned by the Death
Penalty Information Center found that
many states - including Colorado - rarely
perform executions, despite the size
of their death penalty budgets. Last
May, a bill to eliminate the death penalty
lost by one vote in the Colorado Senate.
Colorado House Majority Leader Paul Weissmann,
D-Louisville, who introduced the bill,
estimated earlier this year that abolishing
the death penalty could save the state
$2 million annually and local authorities
another $2.5 million. In light of these
recent developments, the Camera sat down
to talk with Michael Radelet, chairman
of the Sociology Department at the University
of Colorado, who has worked with several
hundred people on Death Row, hundreds
of families of homicide victims and has
published numerous books and articles
about the death penalty. (11/9/09, The
Camera)
- Aurora,
Colorado Sentinel Editorializes Against
Death Penalty
The United States is the last modern society that doesn't admit that the death
penalty only makes for revenge, not justice, and that it's all too easy to kill
innocent people. The few who continue to mete out death are countries like China,
Iran and Saudi Arabia, Cuba and North Korea. Surely we have progressed further
than those societies and are ready to join the ranks of Canada, United Kingdom,
Australia and even Russia. (10/7/09, Editorial by the Aurora Sentinel)
- Colorado
DA Puts Her Thumb on Justice's Scale
in Capital Case
Carol Chambers gives capital
punishment a bad name. If you were comfortable
with the death penalty, you might rethink
your position now that Chambers' district
attorney office has withheld bombshell
defense evidence in a capital case. Papers
filed Thursday in Lincoln County District
Court accuse her staff of hiding key facts
- including a threatening letter and the
killing of another inmate. Both were crucial
to David Bueno's ability to defend himself
against charges he murdered a fellow inmate
at the Limon Correctional Facility. "Words
cannot express the enormity of this discovery
violation and the detrimental impact it
had on Mr. Bueno's defense," public
defenders railed.
(9/27/09, The Denver Post)
- CADP
Hosting 9/20 "Burnin' For Justice
Chili Cook Off"
The members of Coloradans Against the
Death Penalty are gearing up to pressure
legislators to end the death penalty
in Colorado. We can't win this battle
without educating the legislators and
people all over Colorado. We are going
to raise $1,000.00 to bring important
speakers that have been most touched
by the injustice of the death penalty
- the wrongfully accused. To help us,
join CADP for the September 20th "Burnin'
For Justice Chili Cook Off" in north
Denver. Enter your own chili - the best will
win a prize. Or come taste the delicious
variety. Get
more information.
- Another
Sentencing Delay in Ray Death Penalty
Case
Sentencing has been delayed a second
time for a man facing execution in the
death of an Aurora trial witness. A judge
was to hand down the death penalty Thursday
for 23-year-old Robert
Ray, but he delayed that until Oct.
16 so he could hear defense motions about
trial testimony and at about least one
juror. (9/11/09, The Denver Post)
- Family: Chase Wouldn't Have Wished
Death for Killer
The Chase family made it clear Monday that
Susannah Chase would not have wanted the
death penalty for the man who brutally
killed her with a baseball bat 12 years
ago. "She
wouldn’t have hurt anything," Susannah’s
mother, Julie Chase, said. "Even her
killer. She was a very sympathetic soul.
She would not have killed him." Diego
Olmos Alcalde, who was convicted of first-degree
murder Friday in the December 1997 beating
death of Susannah Chase, was sentenced
Monday to life in prison with no chance
of parole. (6/30/09, The Camera)
- CADP Solidarity Sunday Held on June
14
CADP's second "Solidarity Sunday" event
was held June 14 at Elitch Lanes, located
at 3825 Tennyson in Denver. Executive
Director Lisa Cisneros led a handful of
CADP members for a Sunday afternoon of
bowling fun. While good fun may have been
had, good form was not to be seen. According
to one eye-witness account, the CADP bowlers
may have "set the sport back by
at least fifty years."
However, the assembled group also discussed
CADP's new presence on Facebook, the
popular social networking site. (6/15/09, CADP)
- Robert
Ray Receives Death Penalty
Arapahoe
County jurors have decided that a convicted
killer should be executed. Robert Ray,
23, was convicted last month on two counts
of first-degree murder in the 2005 shooting
deaths of Javad Marshall-Fields and his
fiancée,
Vivian Wolfe. Marshall-Fields was a week
away from testifying against Ray in another
murder trial when he was killed. Jurors
came to a decision this morning, and the
judge asked all parties to be in court
at 11 a.m. to hear the verdict. It was
announced that Ray will receive the death
penalty. (6/8/09, The Denver Post)
- Revisit Death Penalty Bill
On the final day of the 2009 legislative
session, the Senate failed by one vote
to repeal the death penalty in Colorado
and to transfer the money spent on endless
legal battles to solve unsolved homicides
instead. But while House Bill 1274's prospects
of passing have ended, the debate over
the policy continues. ... While we are
intensely disappointed that the legislation
failed this year, we know this debate will
continue, both in the Capitol chambers
and across the state. We hope the discussion
will proceed informed by a careful assessment
of the significant costs that the current
capital punishment policy consumes, and
the negligible benefits it provides.
(5/21/09, The Denver Post)
- Ritter Keeps Death-Penalty View to Himself
Gov. Bill Ritter said Thursday that he
has an opinion on the death penalty but
won't say what it is. Ritter spoke about
the death penalty at a news conference
to discuss the 2009 legislative session,
which ended Wednesday. House Bill 1274,
which ultimately failed, would have eliminated
the death penalty in Colorado and used
expected savings to pay for the investigation
of unsolved homicides. (5/8/09, The Denver
Post)
- Colorado Senate Votes Against Repealing
Death Penalty
The Colorado Senate has voted 18-17 to
defeat a measure that would have repealed
the death penalty and used the savings
from its elimination to fund cold case
investigations. Four Democrats sided with
Republicans Wednesday to shoot down the
measure. The bill had faced tough opposition
since
it was introduced. It passed in the House
by a single vote last month. (5/6/09, 9
News.com)
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