A Guide to Colorado’s “Morality Crimes”
Aug 30
2016

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Offender Registry

We often talk about different types of crimes in two categories: violent and non-violent. Violent crimes cause bodily harm to others (think assault or murder), and non-violent crimes typically involve white-collar crimes or indiscretions concerning money or property (theft, embezzlement, and so on).

While these are two types of common crimes, they do not cover all of the crimes that are defined under the laws of Colorado. In this post, we will describe a group of crimes that aren’t commonly [...]

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Another Short Sentence for Sexual Assault Makes National News
Aug 23
2016

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Sex Crimes

Only weeks after Brock Turner’s six-month sentence for sexual assault charges sparked outrage across the nation, another light sentence for sexual assault has made national news. This time, the offender was sentenced right here in Colorado.

Austin James Wilkerson, a former student at the University of Colorado, was arrested for sexually assaulting a former classmate while she was intoxicated. In May, he was convicted on one count of sexual assault of a helpless victim and one count of unlawful sexual [...]

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A Guide to Colorado’s Sex Offender Registry
Jun 21
2016

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Offender Registry

Colorado has harsh sentences for sex crimes. As just one example, in the past offenders convicted for possessing underage pornography have received life sentences.

To put that in perspective, these are non-violent crimes that receive the same sentence as that given to people convicted of murder.

Obviously, these harsh sentences aren’t given to everyone convicted of every sex crime. But each sex crime conviction does come with a lifelong consequence: having to register on Colorado’s very public sex offender registry.[...]

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Understanding Sexual Assault Laws in Colorado
Apr 25
2016

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Assault

Sexual assault is a serious crime – both here in Colorado and throughout the United States. It’s so bad that we usually can’t go a week without hearing about a sexual assault case on the news.

For example, there was a recent story out of Colorado Springs regarding a 34-year-old man sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy in his care. Raymond Demon Brown was arrested in February on those allegations. That would be bad enough, but during the police investigation, seven [...]

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The Ethics of Catching Child Pornography Offenders
Feb 15
2016

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Child Pornography | Sex Crimes

Last year, the FBI operated one of the largest child pornography websites on the internet for almost two weeks.

Yes, you read that right. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was running a child pornography site. The site gave users access to (and the ability to download) thousands of illegal pictures and videos. From a government website.

According to USA Today, under the FBI, Playpen – the child pornography site – had more than 23,000 links to images and videos of [...]

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