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Capital Punishment

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Joe Arridy: Pardoned long after his execution, mentally impaired man gets online props

    The most shameful date in the history of Colorado's death penalty is January 6, 1939 -- the day the state executed a bewildered 23-year-old man with an IQ of 46, a man who was innocent in just about every sense of the word His name was Joe Arridy. And three-quarters of a century after his death in ... More >>

  • Music

    March 1, 2012

    Snoop Dogg

    Friday, March 2, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Ed Edmunds on electric chairs, haunted houses and the Travel Channel's Making Monsters

    ​Chances are you've seen -- and screamed at -- some of Ed Edmunds' work, whether you realize it or not. The artist is responsible for creating the creepy animatronics in haunted houses all over Colorado, as well as for making custom projects like set pieces for Alice Cooper. Edmunds' Greeley c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Disemboweling video: Will U.S. Supreme Court release prison footage of Joey Estrella slaying?

    ​What happens in a public trial becomes public record. Except when the government says it doesn't. That little hitch in the law fuels the ongoing battle between Prison Legal News and the U.S. Justice Department over a graphic video shot inside the U.S. Penitentiary Florence in the aftermath of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Top 10 most famous death photos now that Osama bin Laden's won't be released

    Osama bin Laden.​Update: The U.S. has decided not to release an Osama bin Laden death photo. For now, that means the image won't join the following list of the most iconic post-mortem shots of notorious dictators, revolutionaries and criminals. The roundup includes Mussolini, Rasputin and a fa ... More >>

  • Music

    April 14, 2011

    Nipsey Hussle wants to give the '90s West Coast hip-hop sound a facelift

    Osama bin Laden.​Update: The U.S. has decided not to release an Osama bin Laden death photo. For now, that means the image won't join the following list of the most iconic post-mortem shots of notorious dictators, revolutionaries and criminals. The roundup includes Mussolini, Rasputin and a fa ... More >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2011

    Woodrose

    One In, One Out
    Self-released

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Ray Wagner: Inmate gets a year in the hole for refusing to lie in death-penalty case?

    Ray Wagner​Last month's "not guilty" verdict in the murder trial of inmate Alejandro Perez put an end to six years of costly missteps and setbacks for Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers and her team of prosecutors, who'd set out to get the death penalty in a murky prison homi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Reader: Alejandro Perez attorney responds to prosecutor's spin in failed death penalty case

    Perez.​Alan Prendergast's post about the acquittal of Alejandro Perez in the killing of a fellow inmate included comments from prosecutor Jason Siers, whose boss Carol Chambers, is known for the zeal with which she seeks the death penalty. Defense attorney Jim Castle wasn't pleased with Siers' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Alejandro Perez verdict: A stunning rebuke of Carol Chambers' death-penalty chase?

    Alejandro Perez​Last week's acquittal of Alejandro Perez in the murder of another inmate at the Limon Correctional Facility provides fresh ammo for critics of Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers, whose determination to seek the death penalty for a prison gang homicide has resu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    David Bueno murder conviction vacated: Carol Chambers's office hid evidence, says David Lane

    David Bueno.​"Arapahoe County DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to State," a February 2008 feature by Alan Prendergast, spotlighted the prosecution of David Bueno, one of two cons charged with killing a fellow prisoner in 2004. District Attorney Carol Chambers sought the death penalty against Buen ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2010

    Death Penalty Discourse

    David Bueno.​"Arapahoe County DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to State," a February 2008 feature by Alan Prendergast, spotlighted the prosecution of David Bueno, one of two cons charged with killing a fellow prisoner in 2004. District Attorney Carol Chambers sought the death penalty against Buen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Children behind bars: Why Colorado is trigger-happy when it comes to sentencing kids like Alan Sudduth as adults

    Alan Sudduth was sixteen years old when prosecutors charged him as an adult.​Our cover story this week recounts the tale of Alan Sudduth, a juvenile who was sentenced to seventy years in prison in 1996 for the murder of a cab driver -- even though a recent hearing showed that the prosecution's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Death-penalty prosecutors want to kill David Lane's rhetoric in regard to trying to kill Edward Montour

    David Lane has a way with four-letter words -- like "kill."​In the battle over resentencing Edward Montour Jr., an inmate who faces possible execution for the 2002 murder of a corrections officer at the Limon prison, defense attorney David Lane has accused the death-penalty team of prosecutors ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Mason Tvert on the money

    If the Colorado Legislature can tie a debate on the death penalty to the dismal economy, no reason California can't do the same for a discussion of legalizing marijuana. "Well, I think it's not time for (legalization), but I think it's time for a debate," Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    Life in the Florence Prison: It's a Riot

    If the Colorado Legislature can tie a debate on the death penalty to the dismal economy, no reason California can't do the same for a discussion of legalizing marijuana. "Well, I think it's not time for (legalization), but I think it's time for a debate," Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2008

    A Supermax Slaughter Cuts Both Ways

    If the Colorado Legislature can tie a debate on the death penalty to the dismal economy, no reason California can't do the same for a discussion of legalizing marijuana. "Well, I think it's not time for (legalization), but I think it's time for a debate," Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesda ... More >>

  • News

    March 6, 2008

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the week of 3/6/2008

  • News

    June 14, 2007

    Rwanda Deliverance

    DU law professor David Akerson and his students sum up justice.

  • Culture

    May 24, 2007

    Now Playing

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Culture

    May 10, 2007

    Now Playing

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2007

    Pass the Liver, Hold the Fava Beans

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Music

    January 25, 2007

    Willie Waldman Project

    Wednesday, January 31, Quixote's True Blue, 303-297-1772.

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    Bringing Down the Brotherhood

    Inside the feds’ war on the country’s deadliest prison gang: 16 murders, 21 death-penalty cases, and snitches galore.

  • Food & Drink

    March 24, 2005

    Best Last Supper

    Luca d'Italia

  • News

    December 2, 2004

    Follow That Story

    Roan and Groan

  • Culture

    August 12, 2004

    Fresh Err

    Colorado Shakespeare Festival's Comedy of Errors makes no mistakes.

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2004

    Cine Power

    Seeing Queerly unspools provocative fare

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Pop Quiz

    Outta Sight!
    November 20, 2003

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2003

    Best Local Recording

    Survival Guide for the End of Time Heavyweight Dub Champion

  • Film

    February 20, 2003

    Gale Farce

    Kevin isn't the only thing Spacey in this overly long death-penalty drama.

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    Cruel and Unusual

    Declaring prison a waste of his time and your money, a minor felon seeks his own execution.

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of October 4, 2001

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Thank God for Bob!

    Bob Enyart is pro-life, pro-death (penalty) and anti-gay, and now he wants to take over the country.

  • News

    March 18, 1999

    Dealing With the Devil

    On judgment day for Danny Martinez, there are no angels for witnesses.

  • News

    March 11, 1999

    Dealing with the Devil

    The Deuce-Seven Bloods spin out of control, ripping families apart--including their own.

  • News

    February 25, 1999

    Dealing With the Devil

    Brandy DuVall went through hell before she died. She left no angels as witnesses.

  • Music

    September 17, 1998

    Playlist

    Brandy DuVall went through hell before she died. She left no angels as witnesses.

  • Music

    March 26, 1998

    Vanilla on Ice

    The hip-hop trivia question wants to prove that he's still cool.

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    Murderer's Row

    Two years ago, a deadlocked jury saved Thomas luther from the death penalty. But the legacy of his crimes continues.

  • News

    October 16, 1997

    Scenes From an Execution

    Two years ago, a deadlocked jury saved Thomas luther from the death penalty. But the legacy of his crimes continues.

  • News

    June 5, 1997

    And Justice for All

    Two years ago, a deadlocked jury saved Thomas luther from the death penalty. But the legacy of his crimes continues.

  • Music

    December 19, 1996

    Feedback

    Two years ago, a deadlocked jury saved Thomas luther from the death penalty. But the legacy of his crimes continues.

  • News

    October 17, 1996

    Trial by Ire

    The candidates in the Denver's DA's race refuse to come to order.

  • News

    April 11, 1996

    Voices of Doom

    The jurors in the Thomas Luther trial band together to work for the death penalty.

  • Calendar

    April 4, 1996

    Thrills for the week

    The jurors in the Thomas Luther trial band together to work for the death penalty.

  • Music

    March 28, 1996

    Charlie's Angels

    The jurors in the Thomas Luther trial band together to work for the death penalty.

  • News

    February 29, 1996

    Second-Degree Burn (Part II)

    Cher Elder's family knew all about Thomas Luther. The jury didn't.

  • News

    July 26, 1995

    SAY ANYTHING

    Cher Elder's family knew all about Thomas Luther. The jury didn't.

  • News

    June 7, 1995

    AGAINST THE WIND

    CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, GALE NORTON'S QUEST FOR THE SENATE WILL BE ANYTHING BUT A BREEZE.

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