Tag: death penalty
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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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Club Q shooter expected to plead guilty, accept sentence in federal case
Anderson Aldrich, the convicted killer in the Club Q mass shooting, is set to enter a guilty plea and accept a prison sentence on June 18 in federal court, new court documents obtained reveal. On June 26, 2023, Aldrich pleaded guilty to 51 charges at the state level for killing five people at the Colorado…
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Colorado Supreme Court upholds murder convictions of Sir Mario Owens
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the 2008 murder convictions of Sir Mario Owens, rejecting a long list of alleged errors in one of the most high-profile criminal cases in recent state history. Arapahoe County jurors previously found Owens guilty of the 2005 murders of Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe in Aurora. Marshall-Fields was…
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Judge’s recusal adds to deadline pressures in El Paso County death-penalty cases
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A veteran judge has recused himself from El Paso County’s latest capital murder cases, introducing a wrench in the works as prosecutors scramble against deadlines that could upend their death-penalty bids. Fourth Judicial District Judge Larry E. Schwartz announced his withdrawal July 20, citing plans…
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Prosecutors seeking death penalty in gang-related killings of Coronado High students
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty against the alleged shooters in the gang-related killings of two Coronado High School students. The 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office filed the required notices Friday in the first-degree murder cases against Diego Carlos Chacon, 20,…
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No death penalty for double-killer Galloway, jury decides
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County’s first capital case in a decade ended in defeat for prosecutors Tuesday as a jury threw out the death penalty against double-murderer Glen Law Galloway. Galloway, 46, instead will be sentenced to life in prison without parole at a hearing at 9…
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No death penalty for double-killer Galloway, jury decides
El Paso County’s first capital case in a decade ended in defeat for prosecutors Tuesday as a jury threw out the death penalty against double-murderer Glen Law Galloway. Galloway, 46, instead will be sentenced to life in prison without parole at a hearing at 9 a.m. Thursday. Six weeks after the start of testimony, the…
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Jury asks about lesser charges while deliberating in death-penalty case
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A jury deliberating double-murder charges in an El Paso County death-penalty case appears to be weighing whether Glen Law Galloway acted in self-defense in the first of two fatal shootings for which he is on trial. During Thursday’s deliberations, the jury asked for guidance on…
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Jury asks about lesser charges while deliberating in death-penalty case
A jury deliberating double-murder charges in an El Paso County death-penalty case appears to be weighing whether Glen Law Galloway acted in self-defense in the first of two fatal shootings for which he is on trial. During Thursday’s deliberations, the jury asked for guidance on self-defense and second-degree murder. After discussing the issue with attorneys…