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Colorado Supreme Court rules prosecutorial misconduct docs can remain secret in...

The Colorado Supreme Court today denied a petition from The Colorado Independent to unseal records about prosecutorial misconduct in the capital case against Sir Mario...

Judge jails defense investigator after she refuses to testify in death...

A prominent criminal defense investigator in Colorado is in jail for refusing to testify in a capital case she says is in conflict with...

Indy takes fight over Brauchler’s office misconduct files to state Supreme...

The Colorado Independent has turned to the state Supreme Court for help in our fight to unseal records about prosecutorial misconduct in a death...

Greene: DA George Brauchler is playing hide-and-seek with public records

This just in from the gulag department… Since we reported that George Brauchler has been trying to hide court records chronicling his office’s misconduct in...

The Colorado Independent is fighting to unseal secret records in a...

Update: George Brauchler's office has asked for another two-week extension to submit its legal objections to The Independent's motion to unseal documents about prosecutorial...

Wiretap: The attack in New York was long planned, but the...

Prosecutors say that the terror attack was a long-planned attack relying on ISIS videos as a reference point. As the charges are put forth,...

Three men still on Colorado’s death row after judge denies capital...

This story has been updated. A judge today denied a five-year appeal by Sir Mario Owens, a man convicted for the 2005 witness killing of...

Attorney general may have exceeded power in death penalty prosecution

Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman’s office is facing accusations that it overstepped its power in a death penalty case. One of Coffman’s top aides, Assistant...

Littwin: The death penalty conversation in Colorado just grew a lot...

It was a coincidence, but hardly a happy one, that a pair of prominent Coloradans made news this week concerning the death penalty. In...

Sen. Rhonda Fields on news of possible retrial of son’s killer:...

Sir Mario Owens, currently sitting on death row for the murders of three people, could end up with a new trial because of alleged...