Entries tagged with “Dreion Dearing”
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Apr 01, 2020
Colorado District Attorneys Drop One Capital Prosecution, Continue a Second, After State Abolishes Death Penalty
After ignoring health risks posed by lengthy court proceedings during the coronavirus pandemic and facing criticism that a capital prosecution following the state’s abolition of capital punishment would amount to a politically partisan waste of taxpayer dollars, prosecutors in Adams County, Colorado have announced that they will drop the death penalty in a high-profile case involving the killing of a sheriff’s deputy. On March 30, 2020, 17th Judicial District Attorney Dave Young filed papers…