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House Where Teen Died of Alcohol Poisoning Gets Resurrected

Westword | March 16, 2005

Pastor Reza Zadeh is working with Colorado State University students to transform a frat house associated with excessive drinking and a tragic death into a Christian-oriented community center.

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Tags: Bennett Bertoli, Lynn Gordie Bailey, Samantha Spady, Sigma Pi, Timberline Church

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The Writing's on the Wall for KOZE, a Graf Artist Who Thought He'd Never be Caughtnew

Despite nearly a decade of writing his moniker in enormous letters across rooftops, light-rail cars and overpasses across the city, KOZE remained largely a mystery to police because he was very good at following graffiti's golden rule: Don't get caught in the act. But all that changed on Oct. 23.

Westword | Jared Jacang Maher | 11-10-2009 | Art

Tags: KOZE, Timothy Barajas, TKO, graffiti, Denver

Denver's Intiative 300 is Out to Put the Brakes on Illegal Immigrationnew

Although enforcing federal immigration laws is not the jurisdiction of municipal police, enforcing traffic laws is. That's what inspired Dan Hayes to come up with a way to get immigrant drivers without licenses off the road — if not out of the country altogether.

Westword | Jared Jacang Maher | 11-02-2009 | Immigration

Tags: David Broadwell, I-100, I-300, Immigration, Denver, Dan Hayes, drivers

Smile! You're on the Denver Police Department's Candid Cameranew

The wireless, mobile cameras have remained frozen in the same downtown locations where they were placed for the Democratic National Convention. After nine months of wrangling with the city's bureaucratic process, Lieutenant Ernie Martinez is finally ready to move HALO into Denver neighborhoods.

Westword | Jared Jacang Maher | 06-22-2009 | Civil Liberties

Tags: Ernie Martinez, civil liberties, Denver Police Department, law enforcement, surveillance cameras, HALO

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Even With Legal Help, Transgender Prisoners Are Never Safe in Prisonnew

Rape in prison has been all too real for Samantha Hill. Over the years, she says, she’s been sexually assaulted numerous times, despite her persistent requests for protection

Westword | Melanie Asmar | 08-19-2015 | LGBT

Tags: transgender in prison

Can Colorado's Prisons Reform?new

After the murder of Tom Clements, can Colorado's prison system rehabilitate itself?

Westword | Alan Prendergast | 08-26-2014 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Colorado Prisons, Tom Clements

Meet the Syrian-American Poetry Slam Champnew

Amal Kassir uses words to fight for her countries.

Westword | Joel Warner | 09-30-2013 | Features

Will Juvenile Lifers Get a Second Chance?new

They're a tribe within a tribe, aging cons whose adolescent crimes have been deemed so unredeemable that they are condemned to die behind bars, with no hope of release. But hope is hard to kill, even among convicted killers.

Westword | Alan Prendergast | 11-30-2012 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Life sentence for juveniles

The History of Cannabis in Coloradonew

...or how Colorado went to pot.

Westword | William Breathes | 11-05-2012 | Drugs

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