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House panel advances bill softening sentences for drug possession Sentencing reforms...

Update: The House Finance Committee passed the bill on April 8 by a vote of 10-1. It now goes to the Appropriations Committee.  Colorado lawmakers...

Corpse tampering bill survives the Senate

Tampering with a dead body could earn a suspect up to 12 years in jail and a fine of up to $750,000, under a...

Tampering with a corpse could become a felony. Who knew it...

Mess with a dead body to obstruct an investigation and you would get slapped with a felony, if Jerry Sonnenberg’s new bill passes. State law doesn’t...

DIY hash-oil blasts spark debate over felony penalties

Here's how it works: You buy cheap "trim," the discarded leaves snipped from cannabis buds. You attach a screen to one end of a pipe...