Category: Domestic Violence

A domestic violence charge carries a social stigma with it that can be damaging to a person’s reputation even if they are never convicted. That’s why anyone facing such a charge needs the services of an experienced and competent lawyer before ever entering a Colorado courtroom. Defense attorney Kimberly Diego is a knowledgeable domestic violence lawyer in Colorado who can not only defend you against the criminal charge but can

In Colorado, the law authorizes and in fact requires the issuance of protection orders in all domestic violence cases.  Current law allows not only a no-contact order, but also restrictions as to the possession of firearms, possession of alcohol, and any other restrictions the court deems appropriate to protect the safety of the alleged victim.

 

However, the law does not currently authorize the issuance of protection orders in non-domestic

Recently, the State House Committee voted down a bill that would reverse the life sentences of 48 murders in Colorado.  Each of these individuals was a juvenile at the time they committed the offense for which they are incarcerated.  Between 1992 and 2006, Colorado applied life without parole to certain juvenile offenders.  This was changed in 2006.  However, for those juveniles sentenced between 1992 and 2006, parole is not possible

Domestic Violence is not necessarily “violent”.

“Domestic violence” is an act or threatened act of violence upon a person with whom you have been involved in an “intimate relationship.” It also includes crimes against a partner’s property, when used as a method of coercion, control, punishment, intimidation, or revenge.

 

There does not have to be a current boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife relationship for there to be “domestic violence”.

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