Subject: Criminal Law

• Make Yourself at Home

  June 6, 2007

• The Last Six to Face Life for Juvenile Crimes

  September 19, 2007

• The Denver Post's Miles Moffeit Wins Two Awards -- One Unofficially

  November 30, 2007

• Documents Outline DA Mitch Morrissey’s Complaints Against Denver Post Pulitzer Candidate

  April 2, 2008

• DA Lacy Clears Ramseys; Skeptics Remain Skeptical

  July 9, 2008

• Murderers' Row

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

  June 7, 2001

• Right-to-work lightning rod Ryan Frazier cleared of wrongdoing for political contributions

  Up-and-coming Aurora city councilman Ryan Frazier put his political career on the line by backing Amendment 47, the hugely controversial right-to-work ballot measure that failed in the polls last month. Among other political attacks, the 31-year-old Republican was the subject of an ominous television commercial questioning campaign contributions he received from Carollo Engineers the same day that he and other council members voted to award the engineering company a lucrative city contract. Now

  December 12, 2008

• Locked Up for Life

  March 23, 2000

• A Chemistry Experiment

  September 26, 2002

• Judge and Jury

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

  June 14, 2001

• Odor in the Court

  A police sting on a perfume dealer nets a small-time amount of goods--plus two vehicles. The dealer says the whole thing stinks.

  August 27, 1998

• The Good, The Bad & The Mad

  What happens to the mentally ill in the justice system is just crazy.

  May 29, 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.

  February 28, 2008

• Who's Sorry Now?

  A look at the revolving door of term limits.

  April 26, 2007

• The Punisher

  Censured but defiant, Carol Chambers goes after habitual criminals -- and cops, judges and lawyers -- like no other district attorney. But at what cost?

  February 8, 2007

• Sis Boom Bah

  In one afternoon, this Montbello student went from cheerleading to lockup.

  March 17, 2005

• Anatomy of a Cover-up

  Days after the Columbine shootings, Jeffco officials were already lying about what they knew. What about now?

  September 30, 2004

• Anatomy of a Cover-up

  Days after the Columbine shootings, Jeffco officials were already lying about what they knew. What about now?

  September 23, 2004

• Law and Order

  Denver's DA candidates take a seat in the docket.

  July 29, 2004

• Scratching the Bitch

  Joseph Paiva was born defective, but prosecutors stamped him a habitual criminal.

  November 13, 2003

• Bad Boys

  Denver's Juvenile Court just turned one hundred. The next years could be rough.

  October 2, 2003

• The Shifting Drug War

  The pendulum is swinging back from stiff mandatory sentences for drug offenses.

  November 22, 2001

• Disorder in the Court

  Judge John Kane has seen too many casualties in the War on Drugs. Now he demands a government retreat.

  November 22, 2001

• Dead Reckoning

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

  June 28, 2001

• Wirtz Case Scenario

  A jailhouse lawyer takes on The Man in Grand County.

  May 10, 2001

• 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.

  October 19, 2000

• Unnecessary Roughness

  A Denver Bronco's domestic-violence case gets complicated.

  June 1, 2000

• Sight Unseen

  Carole Abbott was an expert witness in child sex-abuse cases. What she witnessed at home was a different matter.

  March 16, 2000

• Unlawful Entry

  The high price of Denver's drug war: lies, bad busts, cops in harm's way -— and the death of an innocent man.

  February 24, 2000

• Take the Money and Run

  It took sixteen years and international extradition, but the Colorado Attorney General’s Office finally got its man.

  February 3, 2000

• I'm Sorry, Really I Am

  Communities rely on old techniques for a new style of justice.

  July 15, 1999

• The Spin Crowd

  October 1, 1998

• Foreclosure Encounters

  By the time one of these investors gets his foot inside the door, your house is as good as gone.

  May 21, 1998

• Say It Loud

  Anne Sulton missed out on the civil-rights movement of the Sixties. Now she's making up for it.

  May 7, 1998

• Caught on Tape

  One day, anti-stalker Michael Newell became a TV hero. But not everyone was happy about it.

  April 23, 1998

• A Closet Full of Suits

  When Paula Larsen feels wronged, she sues--and she never lets go.

  August 28, 1997

• Little Boy Lust

  How a Denver teacher of the year victimized a Vietnamese immigrant family.

  July 3, 1997

• Mutual Contempt

  A defense attorney accused of being disrespectful to a judge is off the hook--for now.

  June 12, 1997

• A Fight to the Death

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

  March 6, 1997

• Better Shred Than Read

  February 20, 1997

• The Hits Keep on Coming

  Already in jail awaiting trial in a murder-for-hire case, James Darnell allegedly can't stop plotting.

  January 23, 1997

• Beyond Contempt

  A judge and a prosecutor in Gilpin County are after a new breed of criminals: jurors and defense attorneys.

  January 23, 1997

• Black Marks

  The Denver Police Department acts like it has something to hide about its clash with students at Thomas Jefferson High School. It does.

  December 19, 1996

• Motion to Dismiss

  Should Judge Lynne Hufnagel be benched? Ask the bankrupt cabbies, bullied witnesses and banished lawyers who've tasted her bitter brand of justice.

  October 24, 1996

• Trial by Ire

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

  October 17, 1996

• Jack's Back

  The state had an opportunity to lock up rapist and career criminal Jack Ainsworth for good. Now it's too late.

  July 11, 1996

• BRUSH WITH THE LAW

  YOUNG DELINQUENTS CHURN OUT ARTWORK TO EARN MONEY FOR RESTITUTION.

  September 20, 1995

• WAR OF THE WORDS

  HOW AN EAGER DA TRANSFORMED A NEIGHBORHOOD SPAT INTO A HEADLINE-GRABBING HATE CRIME.THE HATING GAME WHEN THE ARONSONS TALKED, THE JEFFCO DA LISTENED. BIG MISTAKE.

  August 9, 1995

• THE FIGHT OF THEIR LIVES

  May 24, 1995

• DON'T LOOK NOW

  HE WATCHED A CRIME FROM HIS OFFICE WINDOW. NOW THEY'RE WATCHING HIM.SHOOT TO CHILL WILL WITNESS INTIMIDATION TURN THIS ASSAULT ON THE 16TH STREET MALL INTO AN OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE?

  February 1, 1995