- Law enforcement officers are feeling burnout amid the pandemic, but officials say their morale is also low.
- As people are allowed to return home after the Marshall Fire, they feel either a huge sigh of relief or painful agony.
- The governor announced on Dec. 30 that he was going to shorten Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’ sentence by 100 years to 10 years.
- FEMA toured the devastation Sunday and set up a "one stop shop" for residents needing resources.
- El caso desató la furia por todo el país con más de 4.5 millones de personas firmando una petición presentada ante el gobernador Jared Polis para reducir la sentencia de Mederos.
- District Court Judge Bruce Jones said both prosecutors and defense attorneys should be “prepared to address the appropriate timing of a sentence modification hearing.”
- The case has sparked fury across the country as more than 4.5 million people have signed a petition to reduce Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos’ sentence.
- Spurred on by an alarming increase in fentanyl poisoning and overdoses, Colorado law enforcement is calling on lawmakers to provide more money to crack down on sellers.
- The man will go to the Colorado Mental Health Institute of Pueblo for treatment in the hopes he will eventually face the criminal charges filed against him.
- The rash in violence — particularly among juveniles, who are both perpetrators and victims — is connected to a larger crisis of isolation, trauma and ongoing needs that were likely exacerbated by the pandemic.
- Investigators and lawyers will look at convictions between 1976 and 1995, where the prisoners are still alive and currently serving sentences.
- It's the largest known settlement for police violence in Colorado history.
- Right now, there are 363 critically mentally ill people incarcerated across Colorado waiting for treatment or medication before they can face the, often minor, criminal charges filed against them.
- More than 8,500 people leave Colorado prisons each year, and nearly half return to prison within three years. A lack of stable housing and jobs awaiting them outside is a big reason why.
- Police say Johnny Hurley, 40, stopped a mass shooting in Olde Town Arvada when he shot and killed Ronald Troyke, before he himself was killed.
- CPR News justice reporter Allison Sherry followed a class of cadets who chose to become law enforcement officers at this moment in history.
