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Tag: Death Penalty
News poem: UNTITLED (By the end)
By the end, we won’t remember what
happened when. We’ll remember hardly
any of it. The only thing that makes it
bearable is all the blossoming. The...
Death penalty won’t sway Colorado elections, suggests poll
Capital punishment will not be a deciding issue in Colorado elections, suggest a new poll commissioned by the anti-capital punishment group, the Better Priorities Initiative.
Only 5 percent of Coloradans...
Homebrew: Colorado’s death penalty in the crosshairs
Dying penalty
Juries sentencing mass killers Dexter Lewis and James Holmes to life in prison suggests to many that the days of Colorado’s death penalty are...
Littwin: There are too few arguments left in favor of death...
The death-penalty conversation we have been promised in Colorado may be over before it has had a chance to begin.
What else is there to...
Does Colorado’s death penalty have a race problem?
James Holmes killed more people during his movie theater massacre than Nathan Dunlap, Sir Mario Owens and Robert Ray combined. Dunlap, Owens and Ray,...
Homebrew: Judge says Dexter Lewis sentencing “has nothing to do with...
Spot the difference
Days after James Holmes was spared the death penalty, Denver jurors began hearing testimony Tuesday to decide whether convicted murderer Dexter Lewis should also be...
Littwin: Let Colorado’s death penalty conversation begin
What should have been obvious to everyone from the start of the Aurora theater trial was that no good ending was possible.
Which is why...
Mitigating factors won’t save James Holmes from possible death sentence
James Holmes is still eligible for the death penalty, a jury determined Monday.
After three hours of deliberation, all 12 jurors have decided that the...
Not a killing state: Is Colorado prepared for the death penalty?
Convicted murderer James Holmes is now awaiting his sentence.
He faces the death penalty for his crimes, a punishment two-thirds of Coloradans believe he...
Homebrew: State Board of Ed looks to fill vacancy after tumultuous...
Strange Ed Fellows
The Colorado State Board of Education needs to fill a vacancy created by Republican Marcia Neal's June departure amid an exodus of top...