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Personal Stories Grip Lawmakers On Death Penalty

A proposal to abolish Colorado’s death penalty will be one of the most emotional issues this legislative session – in part because lawmakers’ own stories are closely connected to the debate.

2013/03/17

Colorado Lawmakers Debate Banning Death Penalty

Lawmakers in Colorado continue to debate whether to ban the death penalty.

2013/03/15

Man Accused Of Threatening Rep. Fields Suspended As COO Of Company

A man suspected of threatening a Democratic state lawmaker has been suspended by the company in which he is the chief operating officer.

2013/02/26

Man Arrested On Charges Of Threatening Gun Control Advocate Rep. Rhonda Fields

Denver police say an executive of a technology services consulting firm is responsible for threatening a Democratic state lawmaker who is sponsoring bills to expand background checks for firearm purchases and limit the size of ammunition magazines.

2013/02/25

Supreme Court Refuses Chuck E. Cheese’s Killer’s Appeal

A Colorado judge can schedule the state’s first execution in 15 years after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from an inmate who killed four people at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in 1993.

2013/02/19

For Colorado Lawmaker, Death Penalty Debate Personal

Rep. Rhonda Fields stood before her colleagues recently and told them about her dead son. He would have turned 30 that day.

2013/02/02

CBS4's Alan Gionet talks with Colorado defense attorney David Lane (credit: CBS)

Death Sentence For Shooting Suspect Could Take More Than A Decade

A decision on maybe the biggest step in the court process in the investigation of theater shootings suspect James Holmes is a long way away — will prosecutors pursue the death penalty?

2012/07/24

Colorado Death Row Inmate Given Right To Exercise

Convicted murderer Nathan Dunlap has been transferred to the Sterling Correctional Facility where he will have the opportunity to exercise five days a week as part of an agreement between prison officials and the American Civil Liberties Union.

2011/07/27

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