Author: Julia Cardi
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Elijah McClain’s mother fighting former attorney for $4 million in legal fees
DENVER • The mother of Elijah McClain is contesting a request by her former lawyer for nearly $4 million in legal fees from a wrongful-death action. In the complaint filed Tuesday in Denver District Court, Sheneen McClain accuses Mari Newman of creating an unnecessary power struggle between her and Elijah’s father, of giving her bad…
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Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy released on recognizance bond
Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy has been granted release on a personal recognizance bond following his arrest Thursday for a dispute with the mother of his child. Jeudy was arrested by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Department. His girlfriend wanted to leave the state and had requested help getting back items Jeudy had locked in his…
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Medical experts told grand jury ketamine caused Elijah McClain’s death, records show
Several medical experts testified to the grand jury investigating the death of Elijah McClain that he died of the 500-milligram dose of ketamine administered by an Aurora Fire Rescue paramedic, and the effects of the carotid hold a police officer subjected him to did not cause his death, according to a filing by the officer’s…
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Medical experts told grand jury ketamine caused Elijah McClain’s death, records show
Several medical experts testified to the grand jury investigating the death of Elijah McClain that he died of the 500-milligram dose of ketamine administered by an Aurora Fire Rescue paramedic, and the effects of the carotid hold a police officer subjected him to did not cause his death, according to a filing by the officer’s…
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JonBenét Ramsey case: Boulder police, governor respond to call for new technology to investigate her death
In a rare public statement, the Boulder Police Department is responding to a call by JonBenét Ramsey’s father to take the case out of their hands and be given to an “independent” agency. JonBenét Ramsey, who participated in child beauty pageants, was 6 years old when her parents reported her missing from their Boulder home the day…
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63-year-old hiker rescued from Hunter Creek Trail outside Aspen
An injured hiker was rescued Saturday afternoon near Hunter Creek Trail outside Aspen after falling down an embankment, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office announced. The hiker, a 63-year-old man, had been hiking with his 14-year-old son off the trail when he slipped and fell, according to a news release. They were not familiar with the…
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Labor and civil rights attorney Sarah Parady jumps into Denver City Council race
Sarah Parady, a civil rights attorney who helped write Colorado’s equal pay law, announced Friday her bid for an at-large seat on Denver’s City Council in 2023. Parady is a founder of the law firm Lowrey Parady Lebsack. In addition to her practice in labor law, she has also done work in police brutality and…
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‘The most serious and the least tolerable’: A fight for press freedom | Julia Cardi
What began this week as a pair of emails sent as part of a reporter’s due diligence has turned into a fight over the fundamental First Amendment right of press freedom. On Tuesday, The Denver Gazette planned to run a story I wrote about the criminal case against one police officer charged in connection with…
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Longtime Colorado politico Dennis Gallagher dies at 82
Dennis Gallagher, the Colorado politico and eponym of the Gallagher Amendment whose political career spanned five decades, has died at age 82. Gallagher was known as a warm social butterfly who had a genuine interest in helping the communities he was elected to serve. He understood “you can be successful alone, but it’s so much…
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Consent decree monitor calls Aurora’s cooperation “exemplary”
The independent monitor overseeing Aurora’s compliance with a state consent decree for reforms to the city’s safety agencies said the city has cooperated in the first two months since the monitor’s appointment. He said the outlook is bright for the city’s progress toward reforms deemed necessary by the attorney general’s office. “In the 60 days…