More highlights from last nights debate in just a moment but first lets get you set for the friday ahead. Marty is joining us. Today we continue to warm up into a beautiful weekend. Good morning marty what prosecutors closeknit rural town is hard to come to terms with. Prosecutors say a former death row inmate held a young woman hostage for months raping and torturing her. 9news reporter Tarhonda Thomas joins us this morning with more suspect. And how the victim finally got out. Cheryl, the Small Community of gateway is shocked like Something Like this could happen there. Really anywhere. Its a terrible crime. Police broke this case in february. And now were learning details about what happened. A 26 year old woman who was homeless. Offered a place to stay. Police say the person who made that offer was 61 yearold claude lee wilkerson. But when he got the woman to his home. He tortured and raped her. Chaining her up in the house. Only allowing her out a few times. This happended for fou
SOAP LAKE Two Soap Lake men have been booked into the Grant County Jail on suspicion of residential burglary and malicious mischief after they allegedly broke into a Soap Lake residence late Wednesday afternoon.
Let me first say that felony murder is the single-most heinous piece of legislation to exist on our books today, she maintains. I do not believe that any reform is going to make this law fair or necessary. That having been said,
any reform that takes the power away from the DAs and puts it back where it belongs, in the court, is a huge step in the right direction.
But then she adds, As this new law is written, it does nothing to help Luke in an immediate sense.
Senate Bill 21-124, titled Changes to Felony Murder, was sponsored by Senator Pete Lee and Representative Michael Weissman. Under previous Colorado law, its summary notes, It is a class 1 felony as it pertains to first degree murder if a person commits or attempts to commit certain specified felonies and the death of a person, other than one of the participants, is caused by anyone during the crime.