Unfortunately, impaired driving remains a serious problem in the United States, even though Uber has helped take at least some drunk drivers off the streets in larger cities. Far too many people believe a couple of drinks does not significantly impair their ability to drive, yet often they are very wrong about that. In fact, […]
Understanding the death penalty in Colorado begins with John Stoefel. When Stoefel was hanged in the state of Colorado in 1859, the history of the Colorado death penalty began. Hanging continued to be the method of choice for executions in the state until the mid-1930’s, when lethal gas became the newest execution method. Finally, in […]
Boulder is a beautiful community located just 25 miles northeast of Denver at the base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range. It was voted as one of the best and most secure places to live in all of the United States. Yet despite its beauty, there is a darkness. According to the District Attorney’s Office, […]
In December 2017, a Jefferson County judge finally sentenced a repeat DUI offender in Colorado to three years in prison. The man, 47-year-old Albert Torres, was arrested for 7 DUIs and had 5 convictions over a period of 20 years. He has never served serious prison time until now. He was sentenced after probation officers […]
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution—and Article II, Section 7, of the Colorado Constitution—gives citizens certain rights, most notably, the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement. If you find yourself charged with a crime based either in part or wholly on evidence obtained through means not in […]
Social media has been flooded over the past few months in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal—and those which followed—it “me too” stories from women across the nation. Despite this, it appears there is some level of confusion regarding the differences between sexual harassment and sexual assault. The most essential differences between the two […]
Boulder, Colorado is home to over 107,000 people and is the 11th largest community in Colorado. Located just 25 miles northwest of Denver, the city is a decidedly white-collar city, with more than 92% of the workforce employed in jobs such as sales and communications. It is also an ethnically diverse city and one of […]
According to a Huffington Post article, the biggest injustice in the justice system is that it is a “race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people.” The question posed by the author of the article was—are the facts that demonstrate our justice system is terribly racist […]
Boulder police have arrested three men they believe were responsible for the recent Pi Beta Phi sorority robbery on October 1, 2017. Ronald Brantley, Clyde Drexter George, and an unidentified juvenile male were arrested and charged with aggravated robbery, felony menacing, first-degree criminal trespass and theft. Both Brantley and George are also suspects in a […]
Frightening headlines across the nation lead most of us to believe that crime in America is rampant, and that we are all just one lucky break away from being a victim of crime. In fact, in the two decades between 1993 and 2013, the violent crime rate remained lower than it was in 1985. While […]
