Posted on September 28, 2009 by Andres Guevara
A shocking new development in the death penalty case of David Bueno as revelations surface that the Arapahoe County District Attorney, Carol Chambers, and her office withheld critical documents that could have exonerated Mr. Bueno. Fortunately, Bueno, who was convicted in 2008 and sentenced to life by the jury (that refused to buy the D.A’s request for [...]
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Posted on September 28, 2009 by Andres Guevara
After nine days of deliberations, an Arapahoe County jury today found Aaron Thompson guilty in the disappearance and presumed death of his young daughter, Aarone. Aaron Thompson faced 57 criminal counts, including child abuse resulting in death, false reporting, and concealing the death of his daughter, Aarone, whose body has not been found. A mistrial was [...]
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Posted on September 23, 2009 by Andres Guevara
For those unfamiliar with the Zazi case here in Denver (until, that is, it gets transferred to New York City), Najibullah Zazi is a Denver area limo driver who is in the center of a FBI anti-terrorism investigation that broke wide open (and very publically) about a week ago. At the time, this blog posted a brief [...]
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Posted on September 23, 2009 by Andres Guevara
Stacy Clendenin, a waitress and medicinal marijuana user, is appealing her 2008 conviction for marijuana distribution in Boulder County. During her trial, Ms. Clendenin argued that she provided other individuals with marijuana (for medicinal purposes) through a cooperative and that she was not a “drug dealer” as the prosecution argued. For their part, the prosecution [...]
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Posted on September 19, 2009 by Andres Guevara
Today, the FBI arrested Denver area resident Najibullah Zazi and his father based on allegations of suspected ties between the two men and a New York City group of alleged terrorists. According to the New York Times, the two men and the FBI were involved in several days of negotiations and although the nature of [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2009 by Andres Guevara
Today, a 25 year old man hung himself in Denver County Jail while awaiting extradition to Kansas for a meth charge. Thomas Allen Barton had just completed a fifteen day sentence for shoplifting. Clearly, Mr. Barton was struggling with personal demons and its unfortunate that either no one saw the warning signs or came to his aid [...]
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Posted on September 17, 2009 by Andres Guevara
The answer to the question of whether you should speak with the police on the surface seems like a tough choice. We live in a society that encourages all of us to speak with the police, to answer their questions and assist them in their investigations. Its part of our upbringing. In fact, people are [...]
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Posted on September 16, 2009 by Andres Guevara
The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a new rule requiring electronic audio-video recordings of suspect interrogations before statements from the interviews can be entered into evidence in felony court proceedings. Defense attorneys welcomed the news. “Hallelujah,” Fort Wayne attorney Nikos Nakos said. “I think that’s wonderful. That will certainly cut down on the trials, [...]
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Posted on September 15, 2009 by Andres Guevara
The Denver Post reported today that there may be a Denver connection to a purported terrorist plot out of New York. The suspect, “a man known to friends as Najibullah,” purported traveled to New York from Colorado and the FBI suspects that he is connected to a group looking to plant bombs in New York [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2009 by Andres Guevara
FBI figures released today show that nationwide violent crimes are down for the second year in a row and property crimes are also down. Still, Colorado continues to construct prisons (the DOC requested over $400 million in prison expansion) and the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC) reports that the prison population will continue to [...]
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