Tag: statute of limitations
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Federal judge refuses for third time to dismiss West African man’s torture prosecution
For the third time this year, a federal judge has refused to dismiss multiple criminal charges in the unique prosecution of a West African man living in Colorado, whose alleged acts of torture in his home country could violate U.S. law. U.S. District Court Senior Judge Christine M. Arguello has rejected each of Michael Sang…
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Colorado justices clarify timeline for children injured in car accidents to sue
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday clarified that children who are injured in car accidents can file suit within three years of the collision or within two years of turning 18, whichever happens later. The justices addressed confusion about how state law, which lays out the whichever-is-later standard, applied to the Supreme Court’s own precedent,…
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Colorado Supreme Court to answer whether plaintiffs benefit from weekend, holiday extension in filing suit
If plaintiffs have three years from the date of their injury to file a lawsuit, but the deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, do they get until the next business day to submit their complaint? The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will review a September 2023 decision of the Court of Appeals…
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In rare do-over, appeals court changes reasons for ordering new Denver assault trial
In an unusual move, Colorado’s second-highest court last month withdrew its opinion ordering a new trial for a man convicted of assault, then issued a new decision with heavily modified reasoning. Originally, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals overturned Amos Rogers’ criminal convictions and 64-year sentence in October. It reasoned a Denver trial…
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As more accused priests are named, alleged victims of clergy abuse in Colorado demand change
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As more accused priests are named, alleged victims of clergy abuse in Colorado demand change {p dir=”ltr”}Four weeks after a revelatory report from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office found that Catholic priests allegedly abused at least 166 Colorado children between 1950 and 1998, victims spoke…
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As more accused priests are named, alleged victims of clergy abuse in Colorado demand change
As more accused priests are named, alleged victims of clergy abuse in Colorado demand change {p dir=”ltr”}Four weeks after a revelatory report from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office found that Catholic priests allegedly abused at least 166 Colorado children between 1950 and 1998, victims spoke out in favor of changes to the statute of limitations.…
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Former AG Coffman endorses statute of limitations change following clergy abuse report
Former AG Coffman endorses statute of limitations change following clergy abuse report {p dir=”ltr”}Former Attorney General Cynthia Coffman has endorsed the expansion of Colorado statute of limitation’s to allow child sex abuse victims more time to sue. {p dir=”ltr”}Victim advocates and at least one state legislator already support the policy change following last week’s report…
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Colorado legislators, Archdiocese of Denver react to demands to alter statute of limitations in wake of abuse report
Colorado legislators, Archdiocese of Denver react to demands to alter statute of limitations in wake of abuse report {p dir=”ltr”}Some Colorado state lawmakers are contemplating legislation in response to calls to extend the statute of limitations for civil cases involving child sex abuse. {p dir=”ltr”}“The next step will be to take away the predator-friendly statute…
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Former state lawmaker named in Colorado attorney general’s investigation of clergy abuse
Among the priests identified in the report on clergy abuse released Wednesday by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser: Father John Beno of Pueblo’s St. Francis Xavier parish. Beno went by another title: Democratic state senator, from 1979 to 1986. According to abuse allegations detailed in the report, Beno abused two young girls. One was 5…
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What they are saying: Coloradans react to clergy abuse report
On Wednesday, Attorney General Phil Weiser released a special master’s report that determined at least 166 children were sexually abused from 1950 onward by 43 priests in three Catholic dioceses in Colorado. Here is what Coloradans and groups that work with survivors of abuse have said about the news: “I think this reflects a church-controlled…