How Colorado Decides Who Is a Sexual Predator
Nov 20
2020

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Crimes Against Children | Sex Crimes

Mental health professionals spend hours interviewing alleged and convicted sex offenders in order to understand what makes them tick. In a rehabilitation capacity, they also work to help offenders understand themselves.

Sometimes the measurement tools these trained professionals have in their toolbox help them understand the things a sex offender may not want to — or even know how to — share.

It’s thanks to the hard work of mental health professionals and law enforcement professionals such as those at [...]

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Solicitation Doesn’t Always Mean Sex Crime in Colorado
Nov 6
2020

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Solicitation

In the state of Colorado, you don’t need to actively participate in a crime in order to be charged with a role in it. One of the ways this can happen is through solicitation of a crime.

While most people think about solicitation in terms of prostitution, the truth is that there are many non-sexual ways to commit this crime.

Here’s what you need to know about criminal solicitation and the penalties you can face if you’re charged with it.[...]

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Proving Bias Isn’t Always Easy in Colorado…Unless It Is
Oct 21
2020

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Hate Crimes

There are many subtle ways that people express bias every day. That’s why in many Colorado court cases, bias is hard to prove.

It can be as simple as providing someone slower service or choosing to hire someone else for no real reason. However, in some cases, bias is a little more obvious. Take a recent Colorado hate crime, for example.

A white man stabbed a Black man in the neck in a fast food restaurant unprovoked. When asked why [...]

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More Money for CO Investigators, More Domestic Violence Charges?
Oct 19
2020

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Domestic Violence

Recently, the US Department of Justice awarded nearly 2.4 million dollars to the state to support four projects aimed at addressing domestic violence and helping survivors.

That said, it remains unclear whether it will have any effect on the way law enforcement will handle offenders. We think it just may.

Here’s why: Nearly $1M of the money is earmarked for two civilian domestic violence investigators to the Colorado Springs police department.

This is a lot of money. If money is [...]

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Denver Woman’s eBay Scheme Costs $1M+ in Penalties
Oct 7
2020

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Computer Crimes | Cybercrimes

Nearly every American has a computer in their home in this day and age. Because of this, certain crimes involving computers have become much more common – and it is perpetrated by people you may not expect.

According to the Denver Post, a woman from Denver bought almost $850,000 in goods through her employer’s account and then resold them on eBay to make money. While this woman ultimately pled guilty to tax evasion and mail fraud, she easily could have [...]

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