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Plea talks underway in abortion threat case

The man accused of threatening the lives of Boulder abortion doctor Warren Hern's family is negotiating a plea deal with federal prosecutors, court records show. Donald Hertz is expected to appear in U.S. District Court this afternoon for a hearing to ...

From FELISA CARDONA, Denver Post,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Court says medical-marijuana growers must have close patient contact

The Colorado Court of Appeals redefined the role of medical-marijuana caregivers Thursday in a ruling that says growers must have more meaningful contact with patients than simply providing the drug. The court upheld the conviction of Stacy Clendenin, ...

From FELISA CARDONA, Denver Post,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: John Suthers,  Chris Romer,  7-Eleven

Balance sought on rising cost of gathering electronic evidence

In many legal disputes, the smoking gun is found in e-mail, but the cost to search and retrieve electronic evidence is increasingly more than the lawsuit is worth. The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of ...

From FELISA CARDONA, Denver Post,  25 Oct 2009

Mexican drug lord pleads guilty in Denver to marijuana trafficking

Mexican drug kingpin Miguel Angel Caro-Quintero didn't get past his first year of high school, and he struggles with grammar and spelling in his native Spanish language. But Caro-Quintero, now 46, began making money in the illegal-drug business in his ...

From FELISA CARDONA, Denver Post,  24 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Drug Enforcement Administration

Mexican drug kingpin pleads guilty in Denver

Mexican drug kingpin Miguel Angel Caro-Quintero pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Denver to trafficking tons of marijuana into the United States from the late 1970s until 1988. Caro-Quintero, 46, faces between 10 and 20 years in prison ...

From FELISA CARDONA, Denver Post,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Drug Enforcement Administration,  Enrique Camarena

U.S. Sentencing Commission hears from judges, prosecutors in Denver

A federal judge in Denver told the U.S. Sentencing Commission he is concerned about the treatment of war veterans in the criminal court system and the fairness of sentencing in some child-pornography cases. The commission solicited testimony Tuesday ...

From FELISA CARDONA, Denver Post,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Supreme Court of the United States

Cancer-stricken inmate wants to go home to die

David Adams talks about dying of terminal cancer while he is in the infirmary at the Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center. The left side of his body is paralyzed by the tumors in his brain. He has served nearly 11 years of his 24 year sentence for ...

From FELISA CARDONA, Denver Post,  16 Oct 2009
Related Topics: David Adams,  Susan Atkins,  Charles Manson,  Sharon Tate,  Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi

Florence inmates plead guilty to beating convict who balked at riot

An inmate who refused to participate in a racially motivated riot at Florence prison in 2008 was brutally beaten by his fellow inmates, according to federal court records. Prisoner Dirk Horne suffered a broken nose, head injuries and permanent scarring ...

From FELISA CARDONA, Denver Post,  15 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Adolf Hitler

Crowley County prison operator to pay $1.3 million in settling sex-harassment lawsuit

A private prison operator will pay $1.3 million to settle complaints from 21 female employees who claimed they suffered harassment from male supervisors and colleagues ranging from sexually explicit comments to rape. A female officer complained a male ...

From FELISA CARDONA, Denver Post,  14 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,  Corrections Corporation of America

Lawsuit blames El Paso County for child's death in foster care

A federal lawsuit says the El Paso County Department of Human Services neglected 2-year-old Alize Vick by leaving her in the care of her foster mother despite numerous reports of physical injuries and a neighbor's complaint that the child was being ...

From FELISA CARDONA, Denver Post,  13 Oct 2009

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