Entries tagged with “Marco Garcia-Bravo”
Issues
Apr 13, 2020
News Brief — Prosecutors Drop Death Penalty in Last Remaining Colorado Capital Prosecution
NEWS (4/13/20) — Colorado: Prosecutors in Colorado Springs have dropped the death penalty in their murder case against Marco Garcia-Bravo in the shooting death of two high school students, the last remaining capital prosecution in Colorado since the state abolished the death penalty on March 23. Parroting language used by Adams County prosecutors when they dropped the death penalty against Dreion Dearing on March 30 in the state’s other pending capital prosecution, 4th Judicial District…
Issues
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…