Halloween in Colorado is a time for spooky fun, costumes, and festivities. It also marks a period when law enforcement officers increase patrols to ensure the safety of pedestrians and drivers alike. But not all stops made by police are legal, especially when it comes to searching or detaining drivers. Understanding when a Halloween traffic […]
Category Archives: Criminal Justice
If you or a loved one has recently been arrested in Colorado, we understand that you may be feeling overwhelmed, confused, and worried about the future. It’s normal to have many questions and concerns during this challenging time. The criminal justice process can be difficult to navigate without proper guidance, and that’s where we come […]
What Is a Cold Case? Cold cases are crimes that for lack of evidence investigators have had to put off solving. The longer a case goes without progress, the more resources the investigating agency will divert from it to address fresher work, until the old case has no life at all beyond maybe a perfunctory […]
The Background The 1970s, by which time “tough on crime” had become a catchphrase among successful politicians, gave rise to policies whose effects we see even now in the justice system in the U.S. During that decade, sentences previously left to the discretion of judges were instead set out in official guidelines, parole opportunities were […]