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Federal Lawsuit: District Attorney Dan May’s office filed criminal charges to...

Prosecutors in Colorado Springs stand accused of retaliating against a man who sought to publicly criticize their decision to press charges against him. A civil...

Dems vying for Denver DA each calling for reforms post-Morrissey era

This year’s Denver district attorney’s race is far higher profile than any in memory, yet the three Democrats sparring in today’s primary bemoan that...

Attorney Frank Azar pours money into another DA race

Why is local attorney and famed ambulance-chaser Frank Azar so interested in who runs the district attorney offices in at least two districts? Azar is...

Community voice: Learn the facts about your DA race

What do you know about your district attorney? The Denver Justice Project sees this role as the most influential in the criminal justice system. The...

D.A. won’t prosecute deputies who killed Michael Lee Marshall. Video released...

Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey's office will not prosecute the sheriff's deputies who fatally restrained Michael Lee Marshall, a homeless, mentally ill man, at...

Denver DA candidates talk police violence, race and wrongful conviction

Denver's district attorney candidates will participate in a forum after the city's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day march and parade. In the midst of the...

PHOTOS: Clarence Moses-EL celebrates freedom

After 28 years in prison for a crime all evidence suggests he did not commit, Clarence Moses-EL walked out of jail, saw his family...

Clarence Moses-EL free after 28 years in prison

Clarence Moses-EL walked free for the first time in 28 years. “It’s time,” said his wife, Stephanie Burke, who was in tears in Gerdes’ courtroom...

Pastors to Denver DA : Don’t retry Clarence Moses-EL

District Attorney Mitch Morrissey, do “NOT retry this innocent man!” That’s the message that the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance plans to send at a...

Will Denver’s District Attorney ever throw the book at killer cops?

It has been three and a half months since Denver police fatally shot unarmed 17-year-old Jessica Hernandez. And the world has changed. Police killings in...