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Colorado News from 2006
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2005.
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Broken Links
- Annual
CADP Dinner Features David Kaczynski,
Brother of the "Unabomber"
The 2006 CADP Annual Dinner, scheduled
for April 6, will feature a keynote address
by a man with quite a story to tell. David
Kaczynski is executive
director of New Yorkers Against the Death
Penalty (NYADP) and the brother of Ted
Kaczynski - the so-called "Unabomber."
(4/1/06, CADP)
- Annual
CADP Dinner Keynote Speaker Also Speaks
at CU
David
Kaczynski is on a mission to bring a
human face to the death penalty debate.
The brother of infamous Unabomber Ted
Kaczynski spoke to a group of University
of Colorado College of Law students Thursday. "Whatever
your esteem for law, your esteem for
justice needs to be higher," said
Kaczynski, executive director of New
Yorkers Against the Death Penalty. ...
David Kaczynski said that racial disparities,
lack of equal implementation and exorbitant
costs make it impossible for the death
penalty to be applied with "equal
justice under the law." (4/7/06,
The Daily Camera)
- Capital
Punishment in Colorado
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now on Colorado's death row.
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Cases
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and dates.
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2006 Colorado
legislative sessions.
- CADP
Cosponsors "After Innocence" February
3-9
Coloradans Against the Dealth Penalty is
cosponsoring "After
Innocence," which is showing at
the Starz Film Center in Denver from February
3-9. This 90-minute
film examines the experiences of seven
men who were wrongfully convicted and
their struggles to reclaim their lives
and reintegrate into their families and
communities following their exonerations.
It won a special jury prize at the 2006
Sundance Film Festival. On opening night,
this Friday, February 3, Coloradans Against
the Death Penalty, the Colorado Innocence
Project, and the Colorado Criminal Defense
Bar are sponsoring a panel discussion following
the 5:30 pm screening of the film. (1/30/06,
CADP)
- CU
Students Aid Defense in Capital Cases
David Lipka chose law school with the
sole purpose of defending poor people facing
the death penalty, he said. So he decided
to spend his spring break jump-starting
his career by helping keep people off the
Texas death row. Lipka and five other University
of Colorado law students have been in Texas
this week assisting an organization that
says it's over-burdened with capital-punishment
cases. The group spent the week in five
Texas cities interviewing witnesses, collecting
records, conducting legal research and
helping write court petitions for people
facing the death penalty. ... The group
also will present its work at the Thursday
meeting of Coloradans Against the Death Penalty.
(4/1/06, The Daily Camera)
- "Dead
Man Walking" - New Play Proves Thought
Provoking
DENVER
-- While passions often run high when
the death penalty is up for debate,
the stage version of "Dead Man Walking" is
mostly an even-handed exploration of
capital punishment that makes for compelling
theater. "Dead Man Walking" is
adapted by Tim Robbins from his 1995
film of the same name, which was based
on the book by Sister Helen Prejean.
Last year, Robbins began the Dead Man
Walking School Theatre Project, releasing
rights to the play to high schools, colleges
and universities in order to spark debate
about the death penalty. (3/3/06, The
Daily Camera)
- "Dead
Man Walking" Premieres at Denver
Victorian Playhouse
Tim Robbins has allowed this play to
be presented only through colleges and
universities with the hopes of furthering
discussions about the death penalty in
an educational forum. Consistent with
his plan of encouraging productions,
all proceeds from the show will be donated
in the form of a needs-based scholarship
to the next college or university producing
the play. Dead Man Walking is being done
in conjunction with the third annual
Death Penalty Awareness Week at the DU
College of Law. Produced by Special Arrangement
with Tim Robbins and the Dead Man Walking
School Theatre Project. (2/23/06, CADP)
- Death
Penalty Awareness Week is February 26-March
2 at DU
Denver University's
College of Law is holding its third annual
Death Penalty Awareness Week from Sunday,
February 26 to Thursday, March 2, 2006.
A variety of speakers will tackle topics
surrounding the death penalty. Highligts
include "A
Debate on the Death Penalty" between
David Lane, of Killmer, Lane & Newman,
LLP, and Jeanne Smith, Colorado Deputy
Attorney General, Criminal Justice Section,
and a "Religious Panel: A Discussion
of Spiritual Issues Regarding Capital Punishment." Participants
include speakers from Muslim, Jewish, and
Christian Faiths. Most events
take place at Sturm College of Law at
the University of Denver, 2255
East Evans Avenue, Denver, Colorado, 80208.
(2/23/06, CADP)
- DPIC
Introduces Student Resource Page
As part of the Death Penalty Information
Center's (DPIC) ongoing mission to serve
the public with analysis and information
on issues concerning capital punishment,
we have developed a resource center for
students. This page will assist students
wishing to do explore issues surrounding
the death penalty. There are ideas for
debates and research papers as well as
links to connect students with academic
resources on capital punishment. The
new link answers frequently asked questions,
such as DPIC's stance on the death penalty
and how to cite information from the
DPIC Web site. In addition to this source,
DPIC also has a free curriculum on the
death penalty for teachers and a corresponding
page for students. (10/16/06, DPIC Update)
- Father
Jim Sunderland, Founder of CADP Precursor,
Dies at 81
Jim Sunderland told friends
and family around his hospital bed
Tuesday to give him his shoes "because
I want to walk into heaven." A
few hours later, the popular Catholic
priest died. He had turned 81 on Christmas
Day. Sunderland,
a longtime Denver-area jail chaplain
who constantly fought capital punishment,
had battled pneumonia for several days.
... Sunderland marched and preached against
war and capital punishment and pushed
for prison reform.
(1/19/2006, The Denver Post)
- Karr,
John Mark: Not Being Charged in Ramsey
Murder
Schoolteacher John Mark Karr will not
be charged with the murder of 6-year-old
beauty pageant competitor JonBenet Ramsey,
Karr's attorney said Monday. ... CNN's
Denver affiliate, KUSA, reported that
the DNA sample taken from Karr does not
match DNA found on JonBenet's body. KUSA
quoted two sources in a bulletin on its
Web site. (8/28/06, CNN.com)
- Karr,
John Mark: Death Penalty Unlikely
As John Mark Karr's court proceedings
begin today, questions have surfaced
about whether prosecutors will seek the
death penalty in a notoriously liberal
town. No one in Boulder County has ever
been sentenced to death. Prosecutors
sought the punishment on just one occasion
in the last three decades, but the trial
moved to Durango and a plea bargain was
reached. Although the brutal killing
of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey may meet
the standard to seek capital punishment
for its suspect, history reveals
that it's an unlikely outcome. (8/28/06,
The Daily Camera)
- Republican
Group Attacks Ritter Over Death Penalty
DENVER -- An independent political group
that backs Republican candidates began
airing a radio ad statewide Friday attacking
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill
Ritter, saying the former Denver district
attorney cannot back up his statements
that he is tough on crime. The Trailhead
Group's ad says Ritter accepted plea
bargains in most cases during his three-term
tenure as Denver's top prosecutor and
that he failed to enforce the death penalty
for capital crimes. (7/1/06, The Daily
Camera)
- Study
Finds Racial Disparities in Colorado's
Death Penalty
A new study examined all cases in which
the death penalty was sought in Colorado
over a 20-year period, from 1980 to 1999.
The study identified 110 death penalty
cases, and compared the race and gender
of the victims. The authors concluded
that the death penalty was most likely
to be sought for homicides with white
female victims. They also determined
that the probability of death being sought
was 4.2 times higher for those who killed
whites than for those who killed blacks.
(7/17/06, DPIC Update)
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