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Highlights from the Indy’s Denver DA candidate debate last night

  The two candidates hoping to become Denver's next district attorney faced off Wednesday night in the studio of the Open Media Foundation, hosted by The Colorado...

Judge for yourself: Was Joe Valverde surrendering when killed by Denver...

If only life moved in slower motion. That’s what nags at Isabelle Padilla every time she watches images of Denver police gunning down her son,...

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...

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...

DA Morrissey drops 15-year-old’s charges, then insults her family

Denver’s District Attorney Mitch Morrissey took to Facebook to announce he was dropping all charges against a 15-year-old girl and to blast her family for a...

Cynthia Coffman and Mitch Morrissey sued over post-conviction reviews

Colorado’s Attorney General and Denver’s District Attorney are hiding records from a $2.6 million project to identify wrongful convictions, according to a lawsuit filed...

Moses-EL case set for new trial with key evidence missing

The Denver District Attorney’s office is moving forward re-prosecuting Clarence Moses-EL for an attack to which another man has confessed. Mitch Morrissey’s chief deputy convinced...

Denver DA’s office argues it should stay on Moses-EL case

  Denver’s District Attorney Mitch Morrissey’s office is fighting an attempt to disqualify it from an innocence case in which it has been accused of...

Denver’s DA lied. Should he be booted from this case?

Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey’s office has withheld key evidence, twisted the facts and outright made stuff up to defend its wrongful conviction of...

Cover-ups should disqualify Denver’s DA from Moses-EL case

Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey’s office has withheld key evidence, twisted the facts and outright made stuff up to defend its wrongful conviction of...