Philip Cherner

Blogs
May 22, 2013
John Hickenlooper gives Nathan Dunlap reprieve from death but doesn't grant clemency
Moments ago, Governor John Hickenlooper announced his decision regarding the scheduled execution of Nathan Dunlap, who was convicted in 1996 of killing four people and seriously wounding a fifth during an assault three years earlier at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant. Rather than granting clemency, as ... More >>
Blogs
May 14, 2013
Nathan Dunlap: Mom of victim Ben Grant latest to call for killer to die
We've been covering a clemency bid by Nathan Dunlap, who killed four people at a Chuck E. Cheese in 1993; see our previous coverage below. Yesterday, we shared a letter to Governor John Hickenlooper by a woman who was scheduled to work at the restaurant on the fateful evening but took the night off ... More >>
Blogs
May 8, 2013
Nathan Dunlap clemency bid: "No principled reason" to execute quadruple murderer
The decision by attorneys for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes to enter a not guilty by reason of insanity plea seems motivated mainly by an effort to avoid the death penalty. Those representing Nathan Dunlap, convicted of killing four people at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in 1993, are ... More >>
News
October 5, 2000
Hard Time
The oldest lifer in Colorado prisons is dying to be anywhere but here.