Keeping people behind bars has an impact well beyond the actual criminal offenders and their loved ones. In fact, every taxpayer in Colorado is giving some of their money to fund public prisons. Specifically, it costs tens of thousands of dollars to keep a single person in jail for one year.

 

Due to this high cost, Colorado has made a number of moves in the past few years

We have highlighted Colorado’s strict policies against domestic violence in many past blog posts. From the moment an incident is reported to police, Colorado aims to put alleged attackers behind bars at the first sign of harassment or violence through its “victim’s rights” policies.

 

While these policies do help many victims find justice for the wrongdoing and violence perpetrated against them, there are also many cases where simple offenses

 

When laws are passed at the state level, we don’t always understand or witness the affects until years later, especially if criminal proceedings or sentencing is involved. This is because it takes months for criminal cases to go through the entire process between being arrested and getting sentenced – or not – and even longer for the statistics to show significant change.

 

That being said, in late 2016

If you are arrested and charged with homicide, it is an understatement to say that those charges are serious and your situation dire. In fact, homicide charges are the most serious charges that exist in Colorado law.

 

Not all homicide charges are the same, though. Just because you are accused of homicide does not mean that you will be facing the death penalty. Depending on the circumstances, you may

 

Regardless of who got your vote in November, we can probably all agree that this election has been the source of more tension and dissension than any in recent memory. Donald Trump won the election by receiving 307 Electoral College votes. Many sources say that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by over two million votes. Some people have been calling for a recount. Mr. Trump has been saying