Denver Crime NewsAs noted by the Denver Post: Carol Chambers has overstepped again — this time by illegally funding her prosecution of a high-profile murder case, a judge has ruled. “A district attorney’s obligation is greater than obtaining convictions,” reads an order Tuesday by District Judge Stanley Brinkley. “A conviction, if it is to be obtained, must [...]
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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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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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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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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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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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Today marked the last day of a two week trial in Denver District Court in the case of the People v. Leo Cisneros, the father of Auralia Cisneros, who was ten years old when she was shot dead in 2007. Auralia was shot in the face when three burglars (who have already pleaded guilty) entered [...]
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For those who are unfamiliar with the Aarone Thompson case, a detailed description of this case would take several blog entries. In short, in 2005 in Aurora, Colorado, Aaron Thompson (the defendant in the case) reported to Aurora police that his daughter, nine year old daughter Aaroné, had runaway from home. The police conducted an [...]
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