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Capital Punishment

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Josiah Sher: Death for accused hit man, or just very expensive trial?

    Josiah Sher.​News that Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers is seeking the death penalty for Josiah Sher, the alleged trigger man in a double-murder-for-hire case in Castle Rock, doesn't exactly come as a shocker. The slayings of Amara Wells and Bob Rafferty were about as coldb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Sister Helen Prejean on why Colorado's death penalty is past its expiration date

    When you've spent close to three decades as one of America's leading opponents of capital punishment, you develop an understanding of what states truly have the will to execute their condemned. And Sister Helen Prejean, the Dead Man Walking author who's in Aurora tonight for a public talk on vengea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    DA Carol Chambers under fire for giving witness a car in death-penalty case

    Sir Mario Owens​Attorneys for Sir Mario Owens, sentenced to death for the 2005 murders of Vivian Wolfe and Javad Marshall-Fields, claim that Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers and her prosecutors made several unusual deals with witnesses in the secrecy-shrouded case -- includ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Javad Marshall-Fields/Vivian Wolfe CSU scholarship endowed 5 years after their murders

    Marshall-Fields and Wolfe were engaged.​Rhonda Fields says nothing could ever fill the void left when her son, Javad Marshall-Fields, a material witness in a murder case, was gunned down in Aurora in 2005. But she says Marshall-Fields lives on through a scholarship at CSU, which she struggled ... More >>

  • News

    October 22, 2009

    Before Ritter, Colorado's governors proved that clemency's risks came with rewards

    Marshall-Fields and Wolfe were engaged.​Rhonda Fields says nothing could ever fill the void left when her son, Javad Marshall-Fields, a material witness in a murder case, was gunned down in Aurora in 2005. But she says Marshall-Fields lives on through a scholarship at CSU, which she struggled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Mile High Murder: Three's hardly a crowd on Colorado death row after Robert Ray's sentence

    Robert Ray. Yesterday, Robert Ray was sentenced to death in connection with the 2005 murders of Javad Marshall-Fields and his fiancee, Vivian Wolfe -- a verdict that duplicated the one previously given to Ray's accomplice, Sir Mario Owens. The ruling brings the population of Colorado's death row to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Death-penalty bill: Politicos willing to raise taxes to keep the killing option open

    A Flickr photo You've got to admit it was a legislative masterstroke. As a House-passed bill to end capital punishment in Colorado and use the approximately $900,000 in savings to investigate so-called "cold cases" neared a Senate vote, opponents led by Democratic senator John Morse and Republican ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Is the death penalty worse than life in the hole?

    Last week, a bill to end the death penalty in Colorado squeaked through the House of Representatives by one vote; it reaches a Senate committee on Wednesday afternoon, April 29. The abolitionists maintain that execution is too costly and time-consuming and that the money could be better spent fund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Death to Sir Mario

    Last week, a bill to end the death penalty in Colorado squeaked through the House of Representatives by one vote; it reaches a Senate committee on Wednesday afternoon, April 29. The abolitionists maintain that execution is too costly and time-consuming and that the money could be better spent fund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2008

    AG Bails on Troubled Death Penalty Case

    Last week, a bill to end the death penalty in Colorado squeaked through the House of Representatives by one vote; it reaches a Senate committee on Wednesday afternoon, April 29. The abolitionists maintain that execution is too costly and time-consuming and that the money could be better spent fund ... More >>

  • News

    April 10, 2008

    Bad Execution

    A judge removes DA Carol Chambers from a death-penalty case -- and blasts prosecution misconduct.

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2008

    Westword Now Exhibit A in Death Penalty Tussle

    A judge removes DA Carol Chambers from a death-penalty case -- and blasts prosecution misconduct.

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2008

    Carol Chambers Seeks Cheaper Executions

    A judge removes DA Carol Chambers from a death-penalty case -- and blasts prosecution misconduct.

  • News

    February 28, 2008

    Arapahoe County DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to the State

    How does DA Carol Chambers beat the high cost of a death-penalty prosecution? By billing the prison system.

  • News

    February 28, 2008

    Inmates Waitin' Around to Die

    Only one man is on death row, but seven others are waiting in the wings.

  • Film

    August 30, 2007

    Death Sentence

    James Wan puts down the Saw to dispense some vigilante justice.

  • Culture

    May 31, 2007

    Now Playing

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Culture

    May 17, 2007

    Now Playing

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Culture

    May 3, 2007

    Now Playing

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Culture

    April 26, 2007

    Dead Man Walking

    Death penalty debate staggers to the theater.

  • Culture

    May 4, 2006

    The Hard Cell

    The truth may not set you free, but it illuminates The Exonerated.

  • Film

    February 12, 2004

    No Mercy

    The tragic Life and Death of Aileen Wuornos, sensationalized.

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    Student Aid

    CU is keeping tabs on Colorado's cold cases.

  • News

    February 27, 2003

    Shrine On

    You must remember this.

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2002

    Best Theater Production (Since March 2001)

    Coyote on a Fence
    Curious Theatre Company

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    War and Remembrance

    Father Jim Sunderland chose to spend his life as a middleman -- between killers and God.

  • Culture

    September 20, 2001

    Death Penalty's Prism

    Despite the calls for vengeance, Coyote examines the sad, soulful truth about state-sponsored executions.

  • Calendar

    September 13, 2001

    To Be or Not to Be

    A new Curious Theatre Company production puts the death penalty front and center.

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of July 5, 2001

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Dead Reckoning

    Donta Page's sentence revives Colorado's death-penalty debate -- but brings no closure. The Conclusion of "Penalty Zone."

  • News

    June 21, 2001

    Shades of Black

    Defense attorneys fight to save their clients by comparing them to current residents of death row.

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    Judge and Jury

    With several controversial cases coming up, Colorado's death-penalty decision moves to a three-judge panel.

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of June 14, 2001

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    Murderers' Row

    Until two years ago, Colorado juries weighed whether men deserved to die. Now judges decide their fate.

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    Ghost Story

    The truth about what really happened to Holly Andrews still haunts her family.

  • News

    October 19, 2000

    Justice, Boulder Style

    The county will soon have its first new DA in 28 years. But in order for justice to be done, former cop Steve Thomas thinks the office needs a complete overhaul.

  • Music

    April 13, 2000

    Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz

    (Dogg House/TVT Records)

  • Film

    March 16, 2000

    Triumph of the Chill

    Mr. Death shows what evil lurks in the hearts of geeks.

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    Judgment Day

    As judges ponder the fates of Brandy DuVall's murderers, they must measure different shades of black.

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    The Final Judgment

    Two years ago this week, Brandy DuVall was killed by members of the Deuce-Seven gang. For the past month, the courts have been deciding whether her murderers live or die.

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Judgment Day

    The state's first death-penalty panel meets--and spares the life of Robert Riggan.

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    Death Takes a Holiday

    A technicality stalls the state's first decision under a new death-penalty law.

  • News

    October 16, 1997

    The Killer Inside Him

    The twisted life--and lethal secrets--of Gary Davis.

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    The Last Writes

    The twisted life--and lethal secrets--of Gary Davis.

  • Culture

    July 3, 1997

    Dead on Arrival

    The twisted life--and lethal secrets--of Gary Davis.

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    Off Limits

    The twisted life--and lethal secrets--of Gary Davis.

  • News

    March 6, 1997

    A Fight to the Death

    Frank Rodriguez was sentenced to die twelve years ago. Are we there yet?

  • News

    February 27, 1997

    A Trust Betrayed

    Ashley Gray didn't take candy from strangers. She did from her "Uncle Jon."

  • Film

    May 9, 1996

    The Executionee's Song ... and Dance

    Ashley Gray didn't take candy from strangers. She did from her "Uncle Jon."

  • News

    September 28, 1994

    BRUCE'S GENEROUS PALS

    Ashley Gray didn't take candy from strangers. She did from her "Uncle Jon."

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