History

In March 1969, as the civil rights movement in the U.S. was in full swing, a chapter was playing out in a Denver courtroom.

Colorado plaintiffs in 1983 sued the psychiatrist treating John Hinckley Jr. at the time of his attempted assassination of former Pres. Ronald Reagan.

A judge on July 10 ordered a new trial for James Genrich, who was convicted in 1993 of detonating pipe bombs in Grand Junction.

Former Gov. John Vanderhoof in January 1974 requested the state legislature review a bill that would waive half the in-state tuition for qualifying Vietnam-era veterans.

The Colorado Rockies baseball team celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year, but the team has an interesting legal history too.

Funding, operational and organizational issues plagued both the courts and the facilities for roughly a century.

The remains of Becky Redecker found in 1993 were identified in August 2020 by Douglas County investigators but her cause of death remains undetermined.

In the early 1970s, Colorado adopted a no-fault divorce law alongside roughly 11 other states.

Facility dogs have played a critical role in Colorado courtrooms and prisons for the past 20 years.

Philip Van Cise was a former Denver DA who fought the hold of organized crime in the city during the Prohibition era.