CO: Sex offender residency restrictions being scaled back
Less than 10 years after many cities rushed to draw restrictions and boundaries on where registered sex offenders could live, the trend is now reversing after a court case ruled…
CO: Sex offender stabbed outside Lafayette home
BOULDER – A man convicted of Internet sexual exploitation of children was stabbed outside a Lafayette home Monday afternoon. Boulder County deputies say 26-year-old ____ ____ got out of his…
CO: With 2 Different Bills, Colorado Will Get A ‘Jessica’s Law’
DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado lawmakers from both parties are working on different versions of a bill that would lay out mandatory sentences for child sex offenders. Similar bills have failed before.…
CO: Sex offender says parole officer made threat after testimony
A convicted sex offender who testified before a legislative committee Tuesday was threatened with "severe consequences" by his parole officer, according to a complaint filed in federal District Court. The…
CO: Sex-offender treatment system criticized at hearing
A convicted sex offender publicly criticized Colorado's treatment system at a legislative hearing Tuesday, saying he cannot even go fishing because his privileges have been restricted. ____ ____ spent seven years…
CO: Audit criticizes Colorado’s program for monitoring sex offenders
Colorado is overtreating many low-risk sex offenders in the mistaken belief that they cannot be cured, an independent consultant has found. As a result, the state's Sex Offender Management Board is…
CO: Greeley police chief supports easing sex offender living restrictions
GREELEY - Sex offenders against children could be allowed to move closer to schools and parks in Greeley. "We're trying to strike a balance between the need for public safety. We…
CO: 6 year old suspended for kissing a girl
DENVER (AP) — The suspension of a 6-year-old boy for kissing a girl at school is raising questions about whether the peck should be considered sexual harassment. The boy's mother…
CO: Freeing sex offenders (Opinion)
The backlog of sex offenders waiting for treatment in the Colorado Department of Corrections has gotten a lot of attention lately, and with some justification. If these child molesters and…
CO: Draconian sex-offender laws need reform (Op-Ed)
In 1855, a 19-year-old woman named Celia was executed by hanging in Missouri. Her crime? She had murdered her owner, a man who purchased her when she was just 14…
CO: Denver Post article, shows eight amendment violation, for lack of treatment
An article in the Denver Post on November 3, 2013 was titled “Unintended effect of 1998 Colorado law: More sex offenders in for life”. This article brought to light that…