Tag: involuntary servitude
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Gov. Jared Polis signs bill enhancing penalties for human trafficking in Colorado
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Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed a watered-down proposal that supporters say would strengthen Colorado’s human trafficking laws. “This tough new law increases penalties for human trafficking and will make Colorado safer,” Polis said. “This bipartisan bill brought together law enforcement experts, survivors, and victim advocates to keep Coloradans safer and crackdown on human trafficking.”…
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Polis, corrections director immune from man’s lawsuit over prison work program, appeals court rules
Gov. Jared Polis and the former director of the Colorado Department of Corrections are immune from an incarcerated man’s lawsuit for money damages over the state’s prison work program, the Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday. John Patrick Fletcher, who resides at Buena Vista Correctional Facility, sought roughly $2 million from Polis and Dean Williams,…