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Backers were concerned the bill might be allowed to run out of time in the final days of the session.

Colorado lawmakers are preparing to relaunch a Gov. Jared Polis-backed criminal justice commission, despite criticism from reformers that it will compound the issues that doomed its predecessor.

Colorado lawmakers hope to improve the state's long-troubled competency system by creating a statewide program aimed at moving mentally ill defendants out of criminal courts and into mental health care.

Colorado lawmakers hope to improve the state's long-troubled competency system by creating a statewide program aimed at moving mentally ill defendants out of criminal courts and into mental health care.

Colorado lawmakers hope to improve the state's long-troubled competency system by creating a statewide program aimed at moving mentally ill defendants out of criminal courts and into mental health care.

Colorado lawmakers hope to improve the state's long-troubled competency system by creating a statewide program aimed at moving mentally ill defendants out of criminal courts and into mental health care.

Two bills on whether first-degree murder suspects can get bail passed through the Colorado Senate. One measure will be put to voters in the fall.

“It boils down to a public perception that the law is fair and impartial, and that justice is truly equal to all.”

Gov. Polis established a new path for criminal justice policy, and those working across criminal justice have mixed feelings about it.

The state judiciary is skewed toward former prosecutors, raising questions about the overall fairness of the judicial system, experts told The Denver Post.