Tag:Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Briefs
PDJ Sanctions 5th Judicial District Judge Mark Thompson
The presiding disciplinary judge suspended Judge Mark Thompson as a Colorado-licensed lawyer for six months after an incident last year.
Legislature
Possible Delay for Felony Sentencing Reform Bill
The co-chair of a sentencing reform task force told lawmakers a bill to overhaul felony sentencing laws might not be ready until 2023.
News
Colorado Governor Issues 1,351 End-of-Year Marijuana Pardons
The governor has now pardoned more than 4,000 people convicted of now legal marijuana possession since October 2020.
News
CU Law Students Review CBI Cases for Potential Exoneration
CU Law’s Korey Wise Innocence Project has partnered with the CBI to review 51 cases that used hair microscopy evidence.
History
1988 Denver Cold Case Victim Gets ID Through Genetic Genealogy
In a three-decades-old cold case, DNA helped investigators trace Akram Bada’an’s family to Israel and get a positive ID, an important step in the resolution process for cold cases.
Briefs
5th Judicial District Chief Judge Charged With Felony Menacing
Mark Thompson stepped away from his position as Chief Judge of the 5th Judicial District after being charged with felony menacing on Saturday, according to the state Judicial Department and Summit County court documents.
History
Bonny Baker’s 2021 Cold Case Arrest Five Months Shy of 23rd Anniversary
Denver Police made another cold case arrest in January, charging Crespin Nene-Perez for the murder of Bonny Baker in June 1998.
History
Arrest Made in 1982 Breckenridge Cold Case
Colorado authorities last month announced an arrest in the 1982 killings of Annette Schnee and Barbara Oberholtzer in Breckenridge. Alan Phillips was arrested Feb....