The legislation takes aim at the backlog of defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial, creating a diversion program for those accused of low-level crimes
A handful of judicial districts in Colorado have implemented competency courts as a way to ease the burden on the state and keep the justice system moving.
A bill in the Colorado legislature that would extend the statute of limitations on adult human-trafficking charges from three years to 20 years and, more controversially, set mandatory minimum prison sentences for those convicted of human trafficking.