Pastors to Denver DA : Don’t retry Clarence Moses-EL
District Attorney Mitch Morrissey, do “NOT retry this innocent man!” That’s the message that the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance plans to send at a rally today about the case of Clarence...
View ArticleClarence Moses-EL free after 28 years in prison
Clarence Moses-EL walked free for the first time in 28 years. “It’s time,” said his wife, Stephanie Burke, who was in tears in Gerdes’ courtroom during his bond hearing. “It’s finally time.” Since...
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PHOTOS: Clarence Moses-EL celebrates freedom
After 28 years in prison for a crime all evidence suggests he did not commit, Clarence Moses-EL walked out of jail, saw his family and tasted freedom. Read Colorado Independent editor Susan Greene’s...
View ArticleDenver DA candidates talk police violence, race and wrongful conviction
Denver’s district attorney candidates will participate in a forum after the city’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day march and parade. In the midst of the 60,000 people attending today’s Marade —...
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D.A. won’t prosecute deputies who killed Michael Lee Marshall. Video released...
Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey’s office will not prosecute the sheriff’s deputies who fatally restrained Michael Lee Marshall, a homeless, mentally ill man, at the Denver jail, according to a...
View ArticleCommunity voice: Learn the facts about your DA race
What do you know about your district attorney? The Denver Justice Project sees this role as the most influential in the criminal justice system. The DA has power, influence and discretion that...
View ArticleAttorney Frank Azar pours money into another DA race
Why is local attorney and famed ambulance-chaser Frank Azar so interested in who runs the district attorney offices in at least two districts? Azar is the biggest contributor to an independent...
View ArticleDems vying for Denver DA each calling for reforms post-Morrissey era
This year’s Denver district attorney’s race is far higher profile than any in memory, yet the three Democrats sparring in today’s primary bemoan that most voters aren’t paying attention. “There are...
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Federal Lawsuit: District Attorney Dan May’s office filed criminal charges to...
Prosecutors in Colorado Springs stand accused of retaliating against a man who sought to publicly criticize their decision to press charges against him. A civil rights lawsuit filed Monday in U.S....
View ArticleWill Denver’s District Attorney ever throw the book at killer cops?
It has been three and a half months since Denver police fatally shot unarmed 17-year-old Jessica Hernandez. And the world has changed. Police killings in South Carolina and Baltimore – among others —...
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