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Posts tagged with sentencing reform

Last Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 · 7:43 p.m.

Amanda Berry (left) watches as city workers "sweep" a homeless encampments at Denargo and Delgany Streets where she was staying for two months, Jan. 26, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Prominent Denver civil rights attorney David Lane signs on to class action suit against homeless sweeps

David Lane has represented prominent clients like anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce and ousted University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill.

The City and County Building seen from Luis Benitez's office in the state Outdoor Recreation Industry Oddice. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Urinating in public no longer carries the same penalty as domestic violence in Denver

Denver's sentencing reform should make it less likely that low-level crimes could lead to deportation for legal immigrants.