AG Fights Ruling Colorado’s Sex Offender Registry Is Unconstitutional

If you’re convicted of a sex crime, one of the consequences of that crime usually involves having to register as a sex offender. Every state, along with our federal government, has a sex offender registry, but one court has found that a sex offender registry is unconstitutional.

That court is right here in our state. A federal judge in Denver recently ruled that having to register as a sex offender violated the Eighth Amendment rights of three plaintiffs. More specifically, [...]

How to Get Off of Colorado’s Sex Offender Registry

In our state, if you’re convicted of a sexual offense, you are required to register as a sex offender for five, 10, or 20 years – up to life.

What happens, however, when you’ve completed your registration period?

Your first thought is probably that you no longer have to continue to register. Because that makes logical sense. Unfortunately, that thought would be wrong.

Discontinuing your registration doesn’t automatically happen. You actually have to petition the Colorado court and ask them [...]

Colorado May Add Multiple Charges for “Sexting” Soon

If you are the parent of teenagers, you’ve probably heard all kinds of things about the dangers of sexting. If you are a young single adult, you’ve probably heard horror stories from friends or peers about sexts gone wrong.

Even if nude images are originally shared between consenting teenagers or adults, a bad breakup could lead to the image being sent out into the world in an instant. Widespread sexts have led to traumatic cases of bullying and big scandals [...]

Can You Be Arrested for Being a Peeping Tom in Colorado?

Whether the offender is a teenage boy or a fully grown adult, no one likes a Peeping Tom. The term is a silly name for someone who “peeps” into the windows of homes, either by using binoculars from a distance, or by getting up close and personal.

Usually, but not always, the Peeping Tom has criminal or sex-related intentions, so peeping is quick to make people inside the home uncomfortable. For someone who decides to peep, though, there are far [...]

Colorado Universities Offering Classes to Prevent Sexual Assault

Our country needs a lesson on sexual assault.

College campuses around the nation are awash in controversy over allegations, accusations, and a “rape culture.” Regardless of whether the incidents actually occurred, our President-elect has openly bragged about committing sexual assault, and has been accused by multiple women.

As a response to all the media coverage, we are starting to hold universities accountable for how they handle sexual assault cases, and moving forward with ways to prevent and safely report it. [...]