Robert Dewey

State Lawmakers Consider Compensation Bill For Wrongly Imprisoned

A man who spent nearly two decades behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit could get some compensation from the State of Colorado.

2013/03/07

Wrongly Imprisoned? Colorado Mulls Compensation

Colorado is beginning work on a standard compensation package for people imprisoned for crimes they didn’t commit.

2013/03/07

New Legislation Aimed At Helping Those Who Are Wrongly Imprisoned

An effort is under way to change Colorado law and make it so that people who wrongfully imprisoned get adequately compensated for the time they had to spend behind bars.

2012/12/12

Prosecutors: State Must Compensate The Exonerated

In Colorado, there is no compensation and no help of any sort for those who have been wrongly imprisoned.

2012/07/06

Prosecutor-Led Effort Frees Convicted Man

Colorado’s first prosecutor-led DNA exoneration of a man wrongfully convicted of murder came after a review of nearly 5,000 cases in a review effort that is spreading nationwide.

2012/05/10

Man Serving Life In Prison For Murder Loses Chance For Appeal

A man already serving a life sentence for murder is suspected in another decades-old crime. On Wednesday, Douglas Thames lost his chance for an appeal.

2012/05/03

Robert Dewey in court for his release hearing on Monday (credit: CBS)

Man Convicted In Mesa County Of Murder, Rape Freed By DNA Evidence

Robert Dewey was 33 when he went to prison for the 1994 rape and murder of a Palisade woman. The 51-year-old walked away free Monday, after new testing of DNA evidence pointed to someone else as the suspect.

2012/04/30

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