The Colorado Supreme Court recently signaled it may intervene in four ongoing cases in the trial courts, on subjects ranging from a tenant s right to a jury trial in eviction proceedings and whether a man should remain incarcerated pending a sanity evaluation to a judge s decision to sanction prosecutors for late-disclosed evidence.
A Colorado state judge on Thursday appeared inclined to approve $2.1 million in payouts for currently and formerly incarcerated transgender women and new housing options to settle their class action against state prison officials, with a named plaintiff calling the deal a "blueprint for other states."
Members of the legal community gathered over the weekend in Denver to celebrate the influx of Black women into the state s judiciary over the past four years.