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CO: Sex Offender Registration Act Requires Registry for Individuals with More than One Conviction for Unlawful Sexual Behavior

·July 6, 2018
·10 Comments

Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of second degree sexual assault and one count of third degree sexual assault and entered into a plea agreement. Among other things, the plea…

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CO: Judge tells man arrested in Aspen that sex offender registry is not punishment

·June 23, 2018
·24 Comments

A California man did not suffer cruel and unusual punishment or lack of due process after Aspen police charged him a year ago with failing to register as a sex…

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CO, TN: Foxes Guarding the Henhouse in Colorado and Tennessee

·June 14, 2018
·5 Comments

[blog.womenagainstregistry.org - 6/13/18] Colorado’s House Bill 18-1427 to eliminate conflicts of interests within the state’s Sex Offender Management Board seemed like a sure thing. The measure had not only bipartisan…

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CO, LA, VT: More states enact major “second chance” reforms

·June 12, 2018
·4 Comments

[ccresourcecenter.org 6/11/18] In recent weeks, three more states — Colorado, Louisiana and Vermont — have enacted laws intended to make it easier for people with a criminal record to find…

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CO: Hickenlooper vetoes bill to reduce conflicts of interests on Colorado’s sex-offender management board

·June 5, 2018
·7 Comments

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday vetoed legislation that would have barred members of the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board from being able to profit from multi-million-dollar state contracts related to…

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CO: Polygraph testing and treatment of sexual offenders

·May 20, 2018
·11 Comments

[jenniferkamorowski.net 5/19/18] On May 9, the Colorado legislature passed House Bill 1427, which prohibits individuals with a vested economic interest in administration of polygraph tests from serving on the sex…

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CO: Owner of polygraphy firm would have to quit sex-offender management board or give up $1.9M contract under measure heading to Colorado governor

·May 9, 2018
·30 Comments

[denverpost.com 5/9/18] Members of the Colorado board that decides how the state’s sex offenders are managed no longer will be able to profit from multimillion-dollar state contracts related to their…

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CO: Bill bans conflicts of interest on sex offender management board after Contact7 investigation

·May 2, 2018
·6 Comments

[thedenverchannel.com 5/1/18] DENVER -- The Colorado House Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to move forward with legislation that would ban members of the state’s sex offender management board from profiting from…

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Attorneys general fighting against 2017 ruling regarding Colorado’s sex offender registry

·April 7, 2018
·135 Comments

A group of attorneys general are fighting a 2017 court ruling that declared Colorado’s sex offender registry “cruel and unusual.” Full Article Related Attorney General Hunter Leads 10th Circuit States…

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CO: There are 808 registered sex offenders in Aurora, and you should be worried for reasons you might not think

·March 1, 2018
·3 Comments

It’s an online compilation of every person in Colorado convicted of what most people imagine are only the most heinous sexual crimes, revealing who they are, what they look like…

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CO: Senate committee turns down bill to change indefinite sentencing for sex offenders

·February 13, 2018
·2 Comments

The Senate Judiciary Committee Monday voted down a bill that would change the state’s laws on indefinite sentencing for sex offenders. The measure, Senate Bill 17, would allow judges to…

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CO: Greeley’s Alternative Homes for Youth works to rehabilitate juvenile sex offenders

·January 29, 2018
·3 Comments

[greeleytribune.com] Shayna Miller's goal every day is to help the kids she works with do something in which they can take pride. That can include volunteer work, gardening, schoolwork, art…

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CO: Town of Palisade lowers fee sex offenders are required to pay to register

·December 3, 2017
·6 Comments

[thedenverchannel.com] PALISADE, Colo. – In a move designed to encourage compliance from offenders, the town of Palisade has lowered the fees associated with registering as a sex offender. The decision…

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how to make the registry more meaningful

·November 6, 2017
·7 Comments

Vincent Carroll argues in The Denver Post that Colorado ought to make its sex offender registry more meaningful to the public by assessing actual risk and removing some names. Full…

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CO: The flaws in Colorado’s sex offender registry

·October 27, 2017
·14 Comments

The state’s sex offender registry informs me of an allegedly dangerous man living within a mile of my house who was born in 1927. That’s right: This 90-year-old who committed…

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CO: U.S. court ruling sparks debate over Colorado’s sex offender registry

·October 8, 2017
·2 Comments

When David sifted through the mail the morning of his 18th birthday, he hoped to find cards with money. Instead, he received a warrant for his arrest. The charge: statutory…

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CO: Weld officials discuss constitutional questions surrounding sex offender registry

·September 24, 2017
·22 Comments

From the outside, Robert's life looks stable. He's a private contractor who works in equipment financing. He has a home and a dog in Littleton. He dates regularly. In his…

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CO: Why One County Took Its Sex-Offender List Offline

·September 20, 2017
·30 Comments

Montrose County, on Colorado's Western Slope, has pulled its sex-offender list offline, reportedly because of a recent court ruling in which U.S. District Court Judge Richard Matsch found that such…

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