Author: Christopher Osher
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Colorado judicial system makes public memo detailing alleged misconduct in alleged hush money contract
Judges in Colorado — apparently including members of the state’s Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court — have engaged in personal misconduct without repercussions, according to the contents of a memo Colorado’s judicial system made public Monday. The memo details sexual relationships between a lower court judge and his staff, pornographic videos sent over…
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Lawsuit may shed light on misconduct allegations in Colorado’s judicial department
A federal lawsuit alleging discriminatory hiring practices at the Colorado Supreme Court is poised to shed light on the recent allegation that former Chief Justice Nathan “Ben” Coats and other court employees gave a contract worth up to $2.75 million to a former judicial employee to keep her from divulging the personal misconduct of 20…
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Lawsuit may shed light on misconduct allegations in state’s judicial department
A federal lawsuit alleging discriminatory hiring practices at the Colorado Supreme Court is poised to shed light on the recent allegation that former Chief Justice Nathan “Ben” Coats and other court employees gave a contract worth up to $2.75 million to a former judicial employee to keep her from divulging the personal misconduct of 20…
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CDOT supervisor: ‘We don’t do things here that comply with the rules’
On Dec. 14, 2018 at 3:51 p.m. John Olson, an appraisal supervisor for the Colorado Department of Transportation, sent an email to an employee he managed. At issue was the employee’s urgent complaint that proper appraisal procedures weren’t being used by “good ole boys” at the state agency, which spends billions of dollars in taxpayer…
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Colorado child protective agencies still falling short despite pledges to increase staffing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Across Colorado, the county agencies charged with investigating child abuse still need hundreds more caseworkers to keep up with caseloads, according to consultants hired by the state in 2016 after widespread failures in protecting abused children. The caseworker deficiencies are laid out in a new…
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Colorado child protective agencies still struggling with staffing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Across Colorado, the county agencies charged with investigating child abuse still need hundreds more caseworkers in order to keep up with caseloads, according to metrics developed by consultants hired by the state in 2016 after widespread failures in protecting abused children. The caseworker deficiencies are…
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Sentence reduced for abused teen who got life for killing Denver police officer in 1995
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver District Attorney Beth McCann decided “extraordinary mitigating circumstances” warranted the reduction in the sentence — and eventual release from prison — of a man sentenced as a juvenile to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the fatal shooting of a Denver police officer.…
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Sentence reduced for abused teen who got life for killing Denver police officer in 1995
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver District Attorney Beth McCann decided “extraordinary mitigating circumstances” warranted the reduction in the sentence — and eventual release from prison — of a man sentenced as a juvenile to life in prison without the…
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Colorado inmates, relatives call coronavirus a death sentence, urge more early releases
At 84 years old, Anthony Martinez is nearly blind and deaf. He can no longer walk on his own and his kidneys are failing. He struggles to write his own name, his niece says, a sign of brain deterioration after more than 30 years in prison. And though he seemingly poses little threat to anyone,…
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Lawsuit alleges El Paso County sheriff’s deputies and sergeant used excessive force after traffic stop
Body-worn camera footage from federal lawsuit filed against El Paso County sheriff by woman who claims excessive force was used during a traffic stop and arrest for resisting. Charges later dismissed. A Pennsylvania woman needed spinal fusion surgery after two El Paso County sheriff’s deputies and a sergeant used “unreasonable and excessive force” when they…