Friday, February 10th, 2012

Posts Tagged Colorado General Assembly

Youth advocates to propose referendum shortening adult sentences for juveniles

By Joseph Boven | 04.08.10 | 11:03 am

Advocates for youth offenders in Colorado are looking to bolster coming legislation that would raise the age where juveniles could be tried as adults by also bringing out a referendum asking voters to consider release programs for juveniles convicted of adult crimes. The proposed program would allow convicted youth to enter half-way house programs once they turn 30.

Ethics committee votes to ‘admonish’ lobbyist for trying to influence race

By Ernest Luning | 03.05.09 | 3:27 pm

A legislative panel on Wednesday recommended that a former lobbyist for the Colorado Chiropractic Association (CCA) be formally scolded for trying to sway a freshman Republican to vote for Rep. David Balmer (R-Centennial) in a leadership election in December. An ethics watchdog group praised the committee’s recommendation but renewed calls for a criminal investigation into vote-buying allegations and asked legislators to mandate ethics training for professional lobbyists.