Cobalt Law, PC

10/19/2021

A Denver sheriff deputy connected with the high-profile 2015 jail death of Michael Marshall no longer wears a badge after being fired for slamming a handcuffed man facedown into the floor of the ci…

07/17/2021

"Even though we would like to imagine that our court system is impartial and focused on facts, the reality is that cases are decided as much by unwritten social rules as everything else in our lives. This means that neurodivergent individuals are here, as elsewhere, more likely to run into bad situations."

Judges, juries and other lawyers often fail to understand neurodiversity – and neurodivergent people pay for it

06/14/2021

"Here is a better prescription: If you are a prosecutor committed to transforming the criminal legal system, support the reallocation of power away from your office—by your office, and by the legislature and courts."

Well-intentioned reformers can’t fix the criminal legal system. They have to start relinquishing power.

06/14/2021

https://youtu.be/6fiRDJLjL94

John Oliver explains how the failure to air-condition prisons can cause both physical and mental health issues for incarcerated people, and why the solution ...

04/20/2021

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/04/16/colorado-judge-resignation-natalie-chase/

A judge in Colorado’s largest judicial district will resign after using a racial slur, employing derogatory language to speak about another judge, espousing opinions about racial justice from…

01/02/2021

Rarer Than Steak Tartare: Former New York Prosecutor Suspended 2 Years for Brady Violation

The court: "A conviction that is wrongful both punishes the wrong person and allows the truly responsible party to evade justice."

They say* the only thing rarer than steak tartare is a prosecutor being disciplined for failing to disclose material exculpatory evidence pursuant to Brady v. Maryland. But the case of Glenn Kurtzrock is an exception. A petition, filed by the...

12/14/2020

https://kdvr.com/news/local/6-colorado-officers-decertified-for-lying/

Six Colorado law enforcement officers had their certifications revoked for lying, the state’s attorney general announced Friday.

12/08/2020

Remember: Bureaucracy doesn't equal accountability, or ensure that processes happen as intended.

The department spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on leave, contracts and buyouts over four years with little or no justification

10/07/2020

Where is our humanity?

Top department officials were “a driving force” behind President Trump’s child separation policy, a draft investigation report said.

08/16/2020

Popcorn, anyone?

Tired of movie nights at home? Walmart has the perfect solution for bored quarantiners.

08/14/2020

It festers, it hides. . . it affects us. Everyone. And those facilities house (and employ) people about whom we care.

Denver’s Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center continued to add cases rapidly, with 19 found since last week. So far, the detention center has reported 506 cases, but no deaths, from the new coro…