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Colorado News Archive from 2002
- Archive of Colorado News
See all CADP News links and excerpts from the years 2000 | 2001.
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- CADP Cosponsors Capitol Press Conference
Coloradans Against the Death Penalty (CADP) took the lead in a press conference, cosponsored by a coalition of local and national groups that are opposed to the death penalty, and its reinstatement in Colorado. Sponsors included the American Civil Liberties Union, American Friends Service Committee, Amnesty International, and the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar. (7/10/02, CADP)
- CADP Honors Bud Welch as Abolitionist of the Year
Bud Welch was honored with the "Abolitionist of the Year" award, presented at the third annual Coloradans Against the Death Penalty (CADP) dinner. Welch lost his daughter, Julie, in the Oklahoma City bombing. Despite that, Welch has been an outspoken opponent of the death penalty. (1/25/02, CADP)
- Canister, Randy: Hearing to Decide if Killer Faces Death Penalty
A judge set an October hearing date Friday to decide whether the death penalty can be sought against Randy Canister. ... During his trial, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Colorado death penalty was unconstitutional. (8/3/02, Rocky Mountain News)
- Colorado Death Row Inmates
Now, five prisoners are on death row. Based on the sequence of convictions, death-row inmate Robert Harlan is at the top of the list. According to corrections officials, mandatory appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court mean a death-row prisoner usually serves at least 10 years in the Colorado penal system. (3/13/02, Rocky Mountain News)
- Colorado Determining Impact of Ruling
(6/24/02, Rocky Mountain News)
- Colorado Death Law Voided
Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar began reviewing at least three death sentences handed down in Colorado since 1996 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that judges cannot make those decisions. (6/24/02, The Denver Post)
- Colorado Lawmakers Take up Capital Punishment
Even anti-death-penalty lobbyists are pragmatic about the prospects when legislators convene Monday for a special session to rework Colorado's capital punishment law. (7/7/02, The Daily Camera)
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News stories and links from the 2000 | 2001 | 2002 Colorado legislative sessions.
- Colorado Supreme Court Considers Death Sentences
Two convicted killers asked the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday to throw out their death sentences. Lawyers for George Woldt, 26, and Francisco Martinez, 28, argued that their death sentences were invalid after June's U.S. Supreme Court ruling declared the state's death penalty law unconstitutional. The attorneys said that the U.S. Supreme Court last June invalidated laws in Colorado and other states that allowed judges or panels of judges to impose death sentences rather than the trial jury that heard the case and rendered the verdict. (12/5/02, Rocky Mountain News)
- Defense Lawyer Terri Brake Dies
"She was one of the most exceptional, important figures in the 32-year history of the public defender's system, and I would not say that about many folks," said David Kaplan, executive director of the office. (5/7/02, Rocky Mounatin News)
- Defense Lawyer Terri Brake Found Dead
- Defense Lawyer
Terri Brake Memorial Service
Terri Brake was one of the leaders in the fight for abolition not only in Colorado but across the country. The combination of her incredible tenacity, fierce intellect and generous heart made an impact on thousands of people who learned from her what a great capital defense lawyer can do. (5/8/02, CADP)
- Dowler, Joseph: Boulder Hearing Charges Dowler with Murder
"It qualifies for a death penalty, but no determination has been made," District Attorney Mary Keenan said. (10/19/02, The Daily Camera) - Dowler's: Boulder DA Discussing Dowler Charges
Boulder District Attorney Mary Keenan said attorneys left the meeting undecided about how to proceed in the case against Joseph and Audra Dowler. (10/16/02, The Daily Camera)
- Dowler's: Boulder DA: Death Penalty Possible in Infant's Death
Joseph and Audra Dowler could face the death penalty in the slaying of their infant son, the Boulder district attorney said Monday. (10/15/02, The Denver Post)
- Father Jim Sunderland Chose to Spend His Life as a Middleman Between Killers and God
The twin file cabinets were stuffed with a lifetime of clipped articles, academic papers and correspondence -- much of it concerning the quest for his own holy grail, the abolition of the death penalty. (9/27/01, Westword)
- Former Death-Row Inmate Shares Trials with Legislators
Nieves told Colorado lawmakers Monday that he won an appeal from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court but lost eight years of his life in prison, six years on death row, on a wrongful conviction due to police and prosecutorial misconduct and an ineffective lawyer. ... Coloradans Against the Death Penalty sponsored his visit. (7/9/02, The Denver Post)
- Governor Signs Jury Death Penalty Law
A bill rushed to Owens after a four-day special legislative session requires a unanimous jury verdict to sentence someone to death. (7/13/02, Rocky Mountain News)
- Hagos, Abraham: Jury Selection Starts in Murder Case
- Hagos, Abraham: Attacks Prosecutors During Guilty Verdict
- Local Democrats Support Death Penalty Abolition
Yesterday the Douglas County Democrats at the county assembly adopted a resolution requesting that the state Democratic party include in its platform a call to abolish the death penalty. This was proposed from the floor as a substitute for the study of the death penalty, which had come from the precinct caucuses through a resolution committee to the county assembly. ... It may be a sign of some grassroots changes. (5/5/02, CADP)
- Martinez, Francisco: Court Asked to Uphold Death Sentence
DENVER -- Attorney General Ken Salazar on Friday asked the state Supreme Court to uphold the death sentence for convicted killer Francisco Martinez, claiming "the death penalty still exists in Colorado." (6/29/02, The Daily Camera)
- Mountour, Edward: Slaying Case Escalates
The state will seek the death penalty in the case of Edward Montour Jr., 35, who is charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 18 slaying of a corrections officer at the Limon Correctional Facility. (12/19/02, Rocky Mountain News)
- Palmer, Kirk: Boulder DA Won't Seek Death in Palmer Case
Prosecutors said Thursday they will not seek the death penalty against a Boulder businessman accused in the shotgun slaying of an African immigrant earlier this year. "We don't believe that this case meets the legal test necessary," prosecutor Bruce Langer said. (10/11/02, The Daily Camera)
- Palmer, Kirk: Boulder DA Hasn't Ruled Out Death Penalty
- Professor Radelet Studies Colorado Death Penalty
His main conclusion may seem to run counter to the perceived pro-death penalty sentiment ... "By stepping back and taking a long-term view of this, we can see that the history of the death penalty in Colorado has been a history of gradual abolition," Radelet said. "The high support in the last few decades has been an aberration." (8/28/02, Boulder Weekly) - Rodriguex, Frank: Colorado Death Row Inmate Dies
DENVER -- Death row inmate Frank Rodriguez died early Saturday morning after suffering from liver failure. (3/9/02, TheDenverChannel.com)
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- Supreme Court: Only Juries Can Impose Death Penalty
The implications in Colorado are pretty clear, said Michael Radelet, an expert on the death penalty and a member of the University of Colorado sociology department. "Those sentences are out, and it's very unlikely the state will be able to go back and seek death in those cases." (6/25/02, The Daily Camera)
- Supreme Court: Life or Death: The Three Colorado Cases
(6/25/02, Rocky Mountain News)
- Symposium on the Death Penalty
The Boulder County Bar Association presents a Symposium on the Death Penalty at the University of Colorado School of Law on September 25, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. Panelists include Professor Michael Radelet, District Attorney Bob Grant, and Public Defender Sharlene Reynolds. (8/27/02, CADP) - Three Colorado Inmates' Lives Could Depend on Ruling
A case being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court today could grant their wish by invalidating their death sentences. (4/22/02, Rocky Mountain News)
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