Tag:Beth McCann

Restorative Denver program celebrates 1% recidivism as sophomore success. The program more than doubled its cases in 2021.

The Denver DA in June announced it charged Steven Cumberbatch with the murder of Rita Desjardine, a breakthrough on a 1994 cold case.

Prosecutorial discretion does not account for different racial and ethnic outcomes in dismissals and deferred judgement in Denver.

This week we spoke with Beth McCann, Denver’s district attorney and the first woman to be chief prosecutor in the Mile High City.

Luis Archleta, also known as Larry Pusateri and Ramon Montoya, was detained one year ago for escaping from a Colorado prison in 1974.

Black and Hispanic felony defendants face a “persistent set of disadvantages” compared to white defendants, according to a new report