The
mission
of
Coloradans
Against
the
Death
Penalty
is
to
abolish
the
death
penalty
in
Colorado
through
religious,
educational,
political,
and
victims
rights
efforts.
Colorado Senators Amend Death Penalty Bill
State senators on Monday added murder by terrorists and serial killers to the factors to be considered in imposing Colorado's death penalty, but rejected a plea to add killers of homosexuals. ... The death-penalty bill as it came from the House adds murders carried out with chemical, biological or radiological weapons and multiple murders as factors to be considered in death-penalty cases. (3/25/03, Rocky Mountain News)
Colorado Death Penalty Bill Delayed A lawmaker Friday delayed a fight over his bill to make terrorists and serial killers eligible for the death penalty after another lawmaker tried to include killers of gays in the measure. ... HB 1297, already approved by the House, adds two new aggravating factors for juries to consider in imposing the death penalty. (3/22/03, Rocky Mountain News)
Two
New Aggravating Factors Added
to Statutes
Neither
the bill we had hoped for (a
moratorium bill) nor the bill
we had feared (a "super-majority" bill)
materialized this legislative
session. What did pass were
two bills adding new aggravating
factors in death penalty cases.
(7/9/03, CADP)
