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Colorado News Archive from 2000
- Archive of Colorado News
See all CADP News links and excerpts from the years 2001 | 2002.
- About Broken Links
- Albert, Anthony Ramon: Death Penalty Sought in Killing
Colorado Springs -- Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing two men last year and leaving an injured victim along Interstate 25. (6/18/00, AP)
- Coloradans Against the Death Penalty Newsletter -- Spring 2000
- Colorado Bar Association Votes for Death Penalty Moratorium
The Board of Governors of the Colorado Bar Association voted on Saturday, December 9, 2000, to support a moratorium on the death penalty. The Board adopted a resolution from the Boulder County Bar Association. (12/12/00, CADP)
- Colorado's Death Row
Information and links about prisoners now on Colorado's death row.
- Colorado General Assembly 2000
Extensive news story highlights and links about the 2000 Colorado legislative session
- Death Penalty Costs on Rise in Colorado
Death penalty cases cost Colorado about $2.5 million last year as the number of new cases and appeals in the state's court system continue to rise. Both prosecutors and defense lawyers said the cases are costly because the stakes are high. "The stark terror of having a person's life in your hands requires all lawyers to do absolutely the most and the best that they can to save that person's life," said Denver defense attorney Craig Truman. ... The 29 cases in one year topped the 27 that the attorney general, district attorneys and public defenders handled or looked into during the two-year period between 1994 and 1996. (12/11/00, Denver Rocky Mountain News) - Death Penalty Debate
Executions are rare in Colorado, and many want to keep the system that way. Texas has executed 135 people in the past five years. Colorado has executed one in the past 30. Is one state too eager to execute or the other too timid? Serious new debate about the death penalty arose last week as Gary Graham went to his execution in Huntsville, Texas, still proclaiming his innocence. ... Colorado's death row is minuscule by comparison with either of the two more populous states. ... State legal officials say the numbers reflect the seriousness with which Colorado views the death penalty, and the stringent standards for obtaining it. (6/25/00, Denver Rocky Mountain News)
- Harlan, Robert: State High Court Upholds Killer's Death Sentence
The Colorado Supreme Court upheld Robert Harlan's death sentence Monday, but said it came close to overturning it because of jury selection problems. ... "The means by which the jury was selected comes precipitously close to requiring reversal of the defendant's sentence," Justice Gregory Hobbs wrote for the unanimous court. (3/28/00, Denver Rocky Mountain News)
- History of Capital Punishment in CO
- Moratorium Now
- Neal, William "Cody": Deserves Death, Judges Rule
Neal, William "Cody": Prosecutor Guilty of Misconduct
A Colorado Supreme Court disciplinary judge ruled last month that Jefferson County prosecutor Mark C. Pautler was guilty of professional misconduct when he pretended to be a public defender to persuade rapist and triple murderer William "Cody" Neal to surrender. (8/12/00, Denver Rocky Mountain News)
- Supreme Court of the United States
CADP now has a Web page with Supreme Court news stories
- Sweeney, John Raymond: Execution Sought in Witness Slaying
ADAMS COUNTY -- Prosecutors said Monday they will seek the death penalty for an Arvada man charged with murdering a witness to a hotel robbery. John Raymond Sweeney, 25, is accused of murdering a witness to a robbery of which he is a suspect. Sweeney and Jesse Wilkinson, 24, of Northglenn were charged with robbing a Northglenn Holiday Inn at gunpoint in April 1998. (8/15/00, Denver Rocky Mountain News)
- Thill, Nathan: Jurors Who Differed at Trial Support Thill Deal
Men who differed feel life in prison is just for slaying of African. ... Mitscher said he twice told fellow jurors that he would vote for first-degree murder if the jury would agree to send a recommendation of a life sentence to the three-judge panel that would then decide life or death. (12/99, Denver Rocky Mountain News)
Thill, Nathan: Mistrial Surprises Many Legal Experts
Jurors' opposition to the death penalty may have contributed to the Nathan Thill mistrial (12/99, Denver Rocky Mountain News)
- Woldt, George: Death Penalty Given in 1997 Rape, Murder
COLORADO SPRINGS -- George Woldt will pay with his life for the 1997 kidnap, rape, and murder of former Littleton High School athlete Jacine Gielinski. A three-judge panel delivered its sentence of the 23-year-old Woldt to a packed courtroom Wednesday, after two weeks of sentencing testimony and a week of deliberation. (9/7/00, Denver Rocky Mountain News)
Woldt, George: Torture Killer Sentenced to Death
COLORADO SPRINGS -- Woldt, 23, had no outward reaction upon learning at 1:45 p.m. that he will join six other men on Colorado's death row. If his appeals fail, he will be strapped to a gurney and poisoned to death for a crime that shocked the Colorado Springs community. (9/7/00, The Denver Post)
Woldt, George: Sentencing Postponed
DENVER -- The state Supreme Court has postponed George Woldt's second sentencing hearing while it decides whether the convicted murderer falls under a streamlined appeals process that could speed up his execution. (9/7/00, The Daily Camera)
Woldt, George: Defense Argues Killer Should Get Life Sentence
A three-judge panel opened the sentencing phase of Woldt's trial Monday to decide whether he will live or die. (8/15/00, Denver Rocky Mountain News)
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