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The El Paso County Jail in Colorado Springs, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Should paddleboarding while drunk be a misdemeanor? Should it be treated differently than boating while drunk? What about not registering a vehicle is that a crime, or should that just be a ticket? What about juvenile fishing without a license? Last fall, an unlikely group of bedfellows community activists and public defenders and prosecutors began meeting to go line by line through all of Colorado’s 1,100 misdemeanors to decide what to do with them: Asking whether any should be combined into broader categories, downgraded, or struck from the books altogether. ....
A judge Thursday vacated his contempt finding against a public defender sanctioned in October after citing a countywide coronavirus infection spike in refusing an order to represent his client at trial. The reversal by 4th Judicial District Judge Robert Lowrey averted what was supposed to be a sentencing hearing for Adam Steigerwald, a 13-year veteran of the Colorado Springs branch of the Office of Colorado State Public Defender. I am satisfied that a lesson has been learned, Lowrey told Steigerwald in throwing out the contempt finding, which could have resulted in six months in jail and a fine. There are better ways to handle these things than what happened in this courtroom. ....
Judge drops contempt case against public defender after COVID-19 protest gazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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A week after Hendershott’s conviction, the district’s chief judge ruled that the court would stop summoning jurors until mid-January, effectively postponing trials within the district. Overnight, dozens of cases in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln counties were put into judicial limbo joining a slew of counties across Colorado that had suddenly shelved jury trials over COVID concerns. “We were totally caught off guard,” says Brauchler, whose office this winter said that it will prosecute 121 fewer felony trials this year than last because of the pandemic. “Cases are piling up, and they don’t go away,” he says. “This is not justice for anyone.” ....