- A leader in Colorado’s archdiocese told CPR News last September that there had been no new allegations of sexual abuse on a minor in Colorado since 2002.
- Building more beds across the state won’t solve the crush of people waiting sometimes months in jail for competency treatment.
- The "civil bed freeze" was meant to help state officials treat more mentally ill prisoners more quickly, but was criticized by advocates for seizing resources.
- A 23-year-old died in 2018 after prosecutors say the two officers improperly handcuffed him in the back of a van.
- District attorneys and other law enforcement officials see a spike in addiction across the state as a major source of the problem.
- Homicides were up 17 percent, from 57 in 2017 to 67 in 2018.
- Reforming cash bail, repealing the death penalty and texting court date reminders are all on the docket.
- In Boulder, 13 people have applied and four were eligible for an expungement. In Denver, 48 people have applied so far.
- Colorado's new Democratic attorney general was sworn in on Tuesday.
- The move, which includes about 20 beds for juveniles, virtually cuts off all state beds for mentally ill people.
- When Jack Phillips refused to bake another cake in 2017, it ignited another legal battle between the Lakewood baker and Colorado.
- The incoming attorney general is working with lawmakers to develop a bill that would vacate some marijuana convictions.
- The outgoing official seeded the effort with $1 million earned from consumer fraud settlements out of her office.
- The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado successfully sued Sheriff Bill Elder for the practice.
- Immigration court backlogs have swelled, from 190,000 to almost 800,000 in 2018 — among those asylum claims jumped to almost 150,000 in 2017.
- State officials technically have just 28 days to get those in jail a competency restoration, but many wait much, much longer.
