Tag:ACLU

Colorado Eyes Changes to Bail System

With California lawmakers last month abolishing the state’s cash bail policy and a federal district judge in Texas recently tossing out one county’s monetary...

ACLU, County Sheriff Embroiled in ‘ICE Hold’ Battle

In recent years, Colorado county sheriffs have largely declined to hold prisoners for federal immigration agencies. But the American Civil Liberties Union has been...

Bill Aims to Align National Standards for Municipal Courts

A bill introduced in the Colorado Senate aims to expand state-regulated public defense attorneys to municipal courts for indigent defendants. The Senate Judiciary Committee...