Subject: Trials

• The Last Juvie to Face Life?

  October 18, 2007

• Profiles in Snitching

  April 7, 2008

• Call Me Crazy

  When the accused reject a not-guilty plea, Colorado's insanity law breaks down.

  January 11, 2001

• Murderers' Row

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

  June 7, 2001

• Shades of Black

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

  June 21, 2001

• Trial and Tribulations

  Naim Amini fled Afghanistan to build a new life, a life now lost in the translation.

  November 21, 2002

• Colorado's Insanity Cases

  January 11, 2001

• Follow That Story

  January 23, 2003

• Follow That Story

  July 14, 2005

• Sinking Sub

  August 23, 2007

• Dying for Dollars

  The nursing home industry is earning healthy profits. But its clients may be paying the price.

  October 15, 1998

• Death Takes a Holiday

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

  October 15, 1998

• Judge and Jury

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

  June 14, 2001

• Bad Execution

  April 10, 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

• Killer Instinct

  After Michael Tate lost all hope of a family life, he found the Devil.

  September 20, 2007

• Personal Foul

  February 4, 1999

• You're Toast!

  May 3, 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

• Fighting Mad

  Tycoon Jack Grynberg says the energy industry has stolen millions from him -- and billions from the government. What if he's right?

  November 16, 2006

• Love, American Style

  Illegal immigrant Jon Vaupel is not from Mexico, but he's a borderline case.

  April 13, 2006

• Flats, Busted

  Lawsuits against Rocky Flats, like plutonium, last forever.

  March 9, 2006

• Shades of Guilt

  In the murder trial of Krystal Voss, doubt was everywhere and nothing was reasonable.

  November 25, 2004

• Cowboy Justice

  They ran the toughest cellblock in the most dangerous prison in the state. It was the perfect place to beat inmates.

  June 26, 2003

• The Wal-Mart Crusade

  Denver's best-known ambulance chaser rolls over Rollback Smiley.

  December 12, 2002

• Deeper Into Columbine

  The settlements. The spin. The remaining secrets.

  October 31, 2002

• Take a Memo

  State Farm puts a premium on protecting its reputation. Good luck.

  August 15, 2002

• Road Hazard

  Traveling with private extradition companies is no joy ride -- particularly for female prisoners.

  February 14, 2002

• Dead Reckoning

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

  June 28, 2001

• Language Barrier

  Colorado Central Station Casino takes a hit over an English-only policy.

  May 24, 2001

• Lawyers on the Line

  When Qwest took over US West, it took on a class-action lawsuit.

  January 4, 2001

• 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

• 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

• Trials Can Be Murder

  September 30, 1999

• Bench Pressed

  The logjam in Denver's federal district court is one of the worst in the country. Blame Congress, Timothy McVeigh, greedy lawyers -- and judges who don't have time to judge.

  February 11, 1999

• Judgment Day

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

  June 3, 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.

  May 27, 1999

• Under the Knife

  No matter who wins a medical malpractice case, the verdict cuts both ways.

  January 21, 1999

• The Waiting Game

  Robert Riggan's fate was to have been decided this week. Now he's back in line.

  December 17, 1998

• Hands Out

  For ex-employees of Caring Hands, a libel suit and bankruptcy filing are all about getting paidor not.

  December 17, 1998

• Look Out Below!

  When a Denver gas company started drilling wells in Las Animas County, it brought bad feelings to the surface.

  November 12, 1998

• It Hertz

  A former Hertz employee says he doesn't want to chose between his civil rights and his injured shoulder.

  October 29, 1998

• The Poison Pill

  An internet venture goes bust, leaving some of Colorado's biggest business names with a major headache.

  September 10, 1998

• The Killer and Mrs. Johnson

  A gruesome crime. A bizarre defense. Can a crusading author reopen her best friend's case?

  March 19, 1998

• Letty Wins

  The Court of Appeals reverses a probate judge's controversial handling of the Letty Milstein case.

  February 12, 1998

• Just Hop on the Van, Man

  Transported by private companies, wayward inmates discover that their journey to prison can be a long, strange trip.

  December 18, 1997

• Seven unanswered questions about the trial of Angie Zapata's killer

  May 28, 2009

• ACLU sues Denver for alleged false arrests during Democratic National Convention

  Signs of recent times.​It's been a year since the Democratic National Convention took over this town -- and to mark that anniversary, the Colorado branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has taken two legal actions. In the first, an ACLU lawyer is representing eight people in a suit against the City of Denver and police officials asserting the plaintiffs "were falsely arrested without probable cause and groundlessly prosecuted for crimes they did not commit, in violation of the First

  August 20, 2009

• Alleged Zeus Pegasus International freakazoid David McCoy fighting extradition to Colorado on creepy sex charges

  David McCoy's reported request of job applicants: "May I watch you shower?"​You remember David McCoy, right? According to the Boulder Police Department, McCoy says he operated a media business called (I'm not making this up) Zeus Pegasus International, and a while back, he advertised for a camera operator -- and a man from New Jersey flew to Boulder to apply. Upon his arrival, though, McCoy "revealed" that he's a doctor and a psychologist and wanted to conduct what the BPD called "trust-bu

  October 21, 2009

• John Suthers buzzing on Stacy Clendenin medical-marijuana ruling

  "Why is everyone getting so worked up over little ol' me?"​In September, Joel Warner wrote a blog entitled "Could Clendenin Case Deal a Blow to Colorado's Pot Biz?" Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, who's been trying to put the medical-marijuana genie back in the bottle, certainly hopes so. No wonder he's high on a ruling just handed down by the Colorado Court of Appeals, which affirmed the conviction of Stacy Clendenin, a self-described medical-marijuana caregiver. Read the decision

  October 29, 2009