Who is the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition?

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.

If you would like to be involved please go to our website and become a member.

Monday, March 19, 2007

Decision on Clerical Error for Death Penalty Case

CENTENNIAL - An Arapahoe County judge may decide as soon as this week whether a clerical error should prevent prosecutors from seeking death for an inmate accused of killing a witness.

Attorneys for Robert Keith Ray argued their case before District Judge Gerald J. Rafferty on Friday, at times criticizing District Attorney Carol Chambers, chief prosecutor for the 18th Judicial District, for naming the wrong man in a notice to seek the death penalty.

"I can't believe that Carol Chambers would not put those notices right before her eyes," said Ray's attorney, Hollis Whitson.

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