Tag: aurora
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EDITORIAL: Let Aurora’s ‘tough love’ lead the way
Conventional wisdom holds that Colorado’s chronically homeless live on the streets by chance rather than choice; that cruel fate beyond their control upended their lives. But plain old common sense tells us that, for many of them, that’s in fact not the case. Particularly the many who are in the throes of addiction, perhaps on…
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School to offer path to success to students who’ve had brush with the law
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Wendy Loloff Cooper knows all too well the systematic hurdles that juveniles face upon returning to school from the criminal justice system. Between her son’s freshman and sophomore years of high school, he was charged with four felonies and struggled to find a school that…
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ICE documents detail plans for three new detention centers in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to establish three new detention facilities in Colorado in an effort to increase capacity statewide from 1,360 to 4,090, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. The internal agency road-map document shows plans to open or expand 125 facilities…
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Pikes Pick: Lilith Fair-like SarahFest to feature femme Colorado voices in music, art
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For those who miss Lilith Fair or never got to go, there’s now SarahFest, an all-ages Denver music festival that features femme voices in music and art. This year’s event will feature five musical acts,…
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Federal judge allows Aurora protest leader to sue city, detective over prosecution
A federal judge last week declined to dismiss a malicious prosecution lawsuit against the city of Aurora and one of its detectives, brought by a 2020 protest leader who alleged there was no probable cause to arrest her. Eliza Lucero was involved in a protest outside an Aurora Police Department station in July 2020. She…
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A tattoo, the N-word, a different crime: Colorado justices hear appeal of former death row inmate
Almost 20 years after the murders of a young couple in Aurora, the Colorado Supreme Court heard the appeal of the man convicted of orchestrating the killings and who now alleges numerous errors pervaded his trial. Arapahoe County jurors convicted Robert Keith Ray for the 2005 slayings of Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe. He received…
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Colorado Supreme Court to intervene in second case questioning harsher municipal sentences
The Colorado Supreme Court signaled last month that it may intervene in a second case questioning whether municipalities can impose tougher sentences than state law does for identical criminal conduct. At least four of the seven justices must agree to hear a case that is appealed directly to the Supreme Court without going to the…
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Aurora nonprofit develops affordable housing, career development campus
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Across from the Anschutz Medical Campus in the heart of Aurora, the sounds of construction reverberate through the streets. To Jason Janz, it’s the sounds of a bright future for hundreds of Aurorans who will move into the under-construction affordable housing complex next year and begin free career training classes at the same facility. “The…
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Federal judge allows man to sue Aurora officer for alleged accidental discharge of gun
A federal judge last week declined to dismiss a man’s excessive force claim against an Aurora police officer, who fired his gun in what the city alleged to be an accidental discharge. This spring, Arapahoe County jurors found Eugene Robertson guilty of numerous attempted murder charges. However, while he was incarcerated pending trial, Robertson filed suit against…