AltWeeklies Wire
Target Practice: Racism & Police Shootings Are No Gamenew
Are Denver cops trigger-happy for minorities? A video game might hold the answer.
Westword |
Jared Jacang Maher |
04-07-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Colorado Inmates Waitin' Around to Dienew
Only one man is on the state's death row, but seven others are waiting in the wings.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
03-03-2008 |
Crime & Justice
DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to the Statenew
How does DA Carol Chambers beat the high cost of a death-penalty prosecution? By billing the prison system.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
03-03-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The Poisoned Pen of Fort Lyon Prisonnew
Bought by the state for a dollar, Fort Lyon is rich in history, asbestos, sick inmates -- and trouble.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
11-21-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Colorado Prostitution Sting Has Fringe Benefitsnew
What was blown besides this cop's cover?
Westword |
Luke Turf |
11-12-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Free Poker Tour Is a Dead Man's Handnew
When these Amateur Poker Tour investors realized they'd been bluffed, they tried their hand at murder.
Westword |
Jessica Centers |
10-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A New Colorado Law Reduces Sentences for Some Juvenile Murderersnew
Last year, the legislature allowed for juvies convicted of first-degree murder -- including felony murder -- to be eligible for parole after forty years, instead of life-without-parole.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
09-25-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Caged Lifenew
Is Thomas Silverstein a prisoner of his own deadly past -- or the first in a new wave of locked-down lifers?
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
08-20-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Dirty Dancingnew
It takes two to tango -- but women say you need to watch out for this one.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
08-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
More Pain for Accident Victimsnew
A dubious deal between a law firm and medical providers spins out in Colorado.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
07-23-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Police Finally Have Suspect in Two-Year-Old Murdernew
Brenda Denton was bludgeoned to death in her Denver apartment two years ago -- now police have a suspect, and it's not Brent J. Brents.
Westword |
Jessica Centers |
04-23-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Punishernew
Censured but defiant, Carol Chambers goes after habitual criminals -- and cops, judges and lawyers -- like no other district attorney. But at what cost?
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
02-13-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
From Russia, Without Lovenew
Hackers sell rape porn through student pages at the University of Colorado.
Westword |
Jared Jacang Maher |
11-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Man in Uniformnew
Impersonator Brett Allen Andrews will be wearing a uniform in court -- a jail jumpsuit.
Westword |
Jared Jacang Maher |
10-31-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
What's in a Name?new
Qusair Mohamedbhai wanted to open a bank account -- instead, he was labeled a terrorist.
Westword |
Adam Cayton-Holland |
10-31-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
