Phil Cherner talks about US drug sentencing

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   CCJRC’s 2013 Annual Fundraiser

  

   VOICES FOR JUSTICE

Thursday September 26, 2013

   5:00-9:30 p.m.
   Appetizers
    Silent and Live Auctions
    Dinner and Open Bar

   Mile High Station

       2027 West Colfax Avenue Denver, CO 80204
    (720) 946-7721

Catered by Biscuits and Berries

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$1000--Contributing Sponsors

                            

JFM Consulting            Christie Donner

$500 – Freedom Fighter Sponsors

ACLU-CO                   Creative Treatment Options           Drug Policy Alliance-CO

Greer Law Firm, PC         Gail Johnson              Lord Law Firm, LLC

The McGuire Law Office, LLC           Killmer, Lane and Newman, LLP            OMNI

Signal Behavioral Health                 Thormodsgaard, Jeff                    Iredale and Yoo, APC

$250 – Justice Sponsors

Alphagraphics              Elizabeth Anderman        Tony and Leigh Bubb

Roberta Burrington            Center for Spirituality at Work

Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty      Brian Connors            Endpoint Direct

     Harm Reduction Action Center         ICCS       It Takes a Village       Lila Jimenez

Justice Strategies            How to Read Your Baby              James Laurie          Jan MacKenzie

Sean McAllister            Hans Meyer            Stephen Raher      Mandy & Michael Rigg

Ann Roan           Bonnie Saltzman           Second Chance Center    Marshall Seufert

Deb Simmons      St. Francis Center    Jay Tiftickjian     Ellen Toomey-Hale   Trine & Metcalf, PC  

Craig Truman   Taryn Van Deusen  Rox Wheeler-Bell   Doug Wilson  Barbara Wood

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DIGITAL STORYTELLING PREMIERE !
       Magalie Lerman, CCJRC Board member, will premiere her digital storytelling project which explains the experience of incarceration and its after-effects through the voices of those who have been there.  Magalie knows that the voices of those incarcerated are often hard to hear. Magalie spent six years of her life in chronically homeless conditions battling drug addiction. She spent six months in jail and was charged with a felony in 2009. Magalie is now in recovery, and is passionate about addressing injustices impacting the community. She is Co-Director at Prax(us) and also volunteers her time to the Harm Reduction Action Center and the Eating Disorder Foundation.

Rupert-Tate Game Changer Award

The ONE LESS PROJECT in Mesa County, CO

CCJRC has selected  the One Less Project as this year's recipient of the Rupert-Tate Game Changer Award, because of its innovation and collaboration in implementing evidence-based practices in criminal cases and its focus on outcomes that have already reduced the jail population, recidivism, and incarceration costs.

The One Less Executive Committee being honored:
Ms. Bert Nieslanik (Deputy Director of the Alternate Defense Counsel)
Honorable David A. Bottger (Twenty-First Judicial District Chief Judge)
Mr. Stan Hilkey (Mesa County Sheriff)
Mr. Dennis Berry (Criminal Justice Services Department)
Mr. Pete Hautzinger (Mesa County District Attorney)
Ms. Trish Mahre (Chief Deputy District Attorney)
Ms. Linda Robinson (Twenty-First Judicial District Probation Services)
Ms. Sandy Castleberry (Twenty-First Judicial District Administrator)
Ms. Sue Gormley (One Less Site Coordinator)
Mr. Steve Colvin (Managing Attorney – Grand Junction Public Defender Trial Office)
Honorable Craig Henderson (Twenty-First Judicial District County Court Judge)
Ms. Jennifer Sheetz (Mesa County Criminal Justice Analyst)

CCJRC will also be paying tribute to two of our late Colorado leaders in criminal justice reform:

                                                                                                                                                          

                                     Tom Clements, Director                   Reverend Elaine Smith
                           Colorado Department of Corrections

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Voices for Justice Sponsor - $10,000

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• Four seats at dinner
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• Recognition in Colorado Justice Report, our tri-annual newsletter to over 7,500 members
• Table signage
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• Sponsor banner at event
• Opportunity for sponsor representative to speak

Game Changer Sponsor - $5,000

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• Your Company name used in all media promotion
• Full page ad/logo in Event Program
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• Recognition in Colorado Justice Report, our quarterly newsletter to over 7,500 members
• Table signage
• Listing in Annual Report with Company logo
• Sponsor banner at event
• Opportunity for sponsor representative to speak

Supporting Sponsor - $2,500

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• Your Company name used in all media promotion
• ½ page ad/logo in Event Program
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• Recognition in Colorado Justice Report, our quarterly newsletter to over 7,500 members
• Table signage  
• Sponsor banner at event
• Listing in Annual Report with Company logo

Contributing Sponsor $1,000

• Four seats at dinner
• Your Company name on all marketing and materials, including program
• ¼ page ad/logo in Event Program
• CCJRC website and blog recognition with link to your website
• Recognition in Colorado Justice Report, our quarterly newsletter to over 7,500 members
• Table Signage
• Sponsor banner at event
• Listing in Annual Report

Freedom Fighter Sponsor - $500

• Two seats at dinner
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• Listing in Event Program
• Recognition in Colorado Justice Report, our quarterly newsletter to over 7,500 members
• Table signage
• Listing in Annual Report

Justice Sponsor - $250

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• Listing in Event Program
• CCJRC website recognition
• Table signage
• Listing in Annual Report

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Attorney General Holder To Address Drug Sentencing

NY TIMES
WASHINGTON — In a major shift in criminal justice policy, the Obama administration will move on Monday to ease overcrowding in federal prisons by ordering prosecutors to omit listing quantities of illegal substances in indictments for low-level drug cases, sidestepping federal laws that impose strict mandatory minimum sentences for drug-related offenses.

Darrell Havens" New report blasts "reckless" police shooting

Westword
A former police chief's analysis of a 2007 police shooting during an auto-theft sting -- one that left an unarmed nineteen-year-old suspect paralyzed for life -- contends that Arvada police detective Bill Johnson's use of deadly force in the incident was "unwarranted, unnecessary and extreme." The report, prepared in support of Darrell Havens's federal lawsuit against Johnson, also characterizes the sting operation as poorly planned and executed and claims that the detective has significantly changed his account of the incident over the course of depositions in the case.
As detailed in my 2010 feature "Wheel Man," the Havens shooting has become both a legal quagmire for law enforcement and a medical conundrum for the state prison system; now serving twenty years on convictions for theft and assault, Havens is a paraplegic in need of constant care.

Havens had a reputation as an elusive and prolific car thief when a team of eighteen police investigators from seven different agencies targeted him in a sting operation almost six years ago. The plan devised by Arvada detective Bill Johnson was to use an informant to lure Havens and a stolen Audi to a Target parking lot, pin him in with undercover vehicles, and taser him if he resisted arrest. Instead, Johnson ended up firing his .45 nine times, striking Havens with three bullets in the chest, neck and jaw. Johnson told shoot-team investigators that Havens began ramming the police vehicles in an effort to escape and that he fired to protect himself. Since the Audi was revving its engine and poorly pinned on one side as Johnson approached, he explained, he thought "this son of a bitch is about ready to run my ass over." Interviews with other officers supported Johnson's account, and Jefferson County District Attorney Scott Storey found that Johnson used "lawful and appropriate force."
Havens, though, has always maintained that the police began ramming his car before he could even attempt to escape. His right arm useless from a previous motorcyle accident, he claims he was already helpless and not in control of the Audi, which was sliding on ice but pinned between a truck and an SUV, when Johnson shot him.
Expert witnesses retained by Havens's attorneys have pored over witness statements and other evidence and confirmed key points of Havens's version. Last year high-profile investigator Ellis Armistead filed an affidavit in the case, contending that physical evidence at the scene contradicted Johnson's account of his actions. The latest salvo comes in a detailed report of the incident prepared by forensic consultant Tommy Burns, a former police chief of Henderson, Nevada.

Dr. Gupta: Why I changed my mind on weed

Read Dr. Gupta's article "Why I changed my mind on weed" for more background on how he became an advocate for medical cannabis. Watch  video of Dr. Gupta apologizing to the public for "misleading" them about the harms of medical cannabis.