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Our mission is to reverse the trend of mass incarceration in Colorado. We are a coalition of nearly 7,000 individual members and over 100 faith and community organizations who have united to stop perpetual prison expansion in Colorado through policy and sentence reform.

Our chief areas of interest include drug policy reform, women in prison, racial injustice, the impact of incarceration on children and families, the problems associated with re-entry and stopping the practice of using private prisons in our state.

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Monday, March 05, 2007

Danger Grew With Pot -- Ken Gorman

Denver Post Article

The powerful lamps that threw light on some 50 marijuana plants at Ken Gorman's home were as distracting to neighbors as a blinking neon sign.

Unlike most pot growers, Gorman didn't bother to cover his windows with tar paper to conceal his lucrative cultivations. And neighbors complained to the cops about the bright lights.

Gorman, 59, was well-known as a medical-marijuana provider and a spirited advocate for legal pot. Everyone knew what he was doing - including criminals who robbed him a dozen times, apparently viewing him as easy prey.

Then, on Feb. 17, someone shot Gorman to death.

Police still haven't said whether Gorman was killed for his pot, or his money. They have no suspects, Denver police spokeswoman Virginia QuiƱones said Friday, adding that the killer did not take any of Gorman's marijuana plants.

But when Gorman's fellow marijuana activists are asked about his death, they talk about pot.

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