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Mary Claire Mulligan has been defending clients facing the death penalty for a decade. "It can be very disheartening to not actually win anything in ten years." (Photo by Evan Semón)
Criminal Justice

Inside the small legal community defending Colorado death penalty clients, a...

Susan Greene -
It was late December 2019 and defense lawyer Mary Claire Mulligan spent the last week of the decade accompanying a client to his murder...
2020 Legislative Session

Effort to repeal Colorado’s death penalty reaches new milestone Lawmakers have...

John Herrick -
Update: This story was originally published on Jan. 30. On Friday, Jan. 31, the Senate gave final approval to the bill by a vote...
2019 Colorado legislature

Death penalty repeal: Capitol Dems say ‘full steam ahead’ on legislation...

John Herrick -
Twenty states have banned or suspended the death penalty, and this could be the year Colorado joins them. Public support for capital punishment is...
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