Cold Case

Ninth Judicial District DA Martin Beeson, one of two Republican challengers seeking U.S. Rep. John Salazar’s Third Congressional District seat, may be too busy to fully focus on the campaign trail these days after his office caught what promises to be a high-profile cold case.
Beeson told the Aspen Daily News Thursday that the case against [...]

Many lawmakers indicated surprise and some indignation earlier this month when state Rep. Paul Weissmann proposed abolishing the death penalty in Colorado and using some of the proceeds to create a cold case unit designed to crack an estimated 1,200 unsolved murders.

The two issues, some said, should be separated. One lawmaker, Amy Stephens, a Republican [...]