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Colorado Officials Decline to Detail How Dunlap Would Be Executed

| 05.24.13 | 5:12 am | View Article

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While political observers speculate on the factors shaping Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s thinking on whether or not to prevent the execution later this summer of convicted murderer Nathan Dunlap, civil libertarians are demanding to know how the procedure would be

Troy Anderson (l) and Evan Ebel, via the Colorado Department of Corrections.

Ebel Friend: Suicide Note Shows Parolee ‘Ruined’ by Solitary, Bent on Revenge

| 04.12.13 | 4:04 am | View Article

About two weeks before his death, Evan Ebel — suspect in last month’s murders of pizza delivery man Nate Leon and Colorado corrections chief Tom Clements — wrote a suicide note to a longtime friend who says Ebel was unhinged by his abrupt release from solitary confinement and seeking revenge More…

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‘He was freaking’: Friend says suspected killer of Colo. Corrections chief flailed from years of isolation

Former inmate dismisses gang-hit theory in shooting death of Tom Clements
Susan Greene | 03.26.13 | 5:23 pm | The Colorado Independent | View Article

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More…DENVER– In the weeks before his death, Evan Ebel, suspected killer of Colorado Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements, had broken ties with white supremacist prison gang 211 Crew and was debilitated by the transition from prolonged isolation to social contact,

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DOJ investigates Denver for violating deaf prisoner rights

Susan Greene | 03.06.13 | 5:19 pm | The Colorado Independent | View Article

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The federal Justice Department is investigating Denver for failing to provide sign-language interpreters for deaf prisoners. Investigators are seeking to determine whether Denver – which touts itself as “one of America’s most accessible cities” — is violating the Americans

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In Colorado, calls for gun control

Scot Kersgaard | 08.07.12 | 1:27 pm | The Colorado Independent | View Article

While many politicians are playing it safe, saying it is too soon to talk about gun laws or saying they don’t want to “politicize” the Colorado and now Wisconsin shootings, Democratic U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette and Ed Perlmutter have been outspoken about their desire for more stringent regulation. More…

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Former Colorado Independent intern found dead in Mexico

John Tomasic | 07.03.12 | 10:35 am | The Colorado Independent | View Article

Armando Montaño, a former intern for the Colorado Independent, died this past weekend in Mexico City More…, where he was writing for the Associated Press. Mexican officials are investigating his death and, according to the AP, the U.S. embassy is monitoring that investigation.
Mando, as his friends called him, died

Fires in High Park in Poudre Canyon about 15 miles from Ft. Collins, Colo. Official Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Jess Geffre.

Experts explore public policy implications of fires

David O. Williams | 06.28.12 | 1:46 pm | The Colorado Independent | View Article

ASPEN, COLO. — Public policy and political will must shift as dramatically as the winds that have whipped Colorado’s record wildfires, experts say, or the state’s residents will continue to pay a higher and higher price for forests that are dying due to global climate change. More…

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Congressman seeks to increase distance between fracking and schools

Troy Hooper | 06.20.12 | 5:22 pm | The Colorado Independent | View Article

Editor’s note: This is the fifth and final installment in a series on hydraulic fracturing near schools. Read the first part here, the second part here, the third part here. and the fourth part here More….
BOULDER, COLO. — There are a lot of opinions on how