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Sentence. now teen d.a. whose office brought the case wants the case reconsidered. my next guest knows the law, george brauchler, former district attorney for colorado's 18th judicial district. counselor, thank you for being here. what went on? was he overcharged? >> i don't think so initially. there was a prior district attorney -- colorado is one of the only states in the country, in fact, the only state that has term limits for the cdistrict attorneys. the d.a. took office in january of this year had every bit of authority in her disposal to change the charges, dismiss the case, reduce the ...

Here as well as more of these d.a.s races become politicized. the new d.a. who took office in january of this year had every bit of authority in her disposal to change the charges, dismiss the case, reduce the charges, pursue some alternative outcome but chose to stay the course. these are charges that carry mandatory minimums and mandatory consecutives based on the nature of the crimes themselves. i think one of the things i noticed about the coverage of this case and the great deal of sympathy that pours out for this driver is people don't appreciate that he was so remorseful at the time tha...

Signs? i don't know. these are the things you just don't know but to say this guy should just walk after time served, no. i like the fact that families are going to come and they're going to petition the court. that is fine with me. if they want a softer sentence, that is fine. he rejected a plea deal too. so they're going to cut them a deal and he said no, he has terrible lawyers probably. but one of the reasons you have to do mandatory minimums is because of some of these soft judges were giving lenient sentences to people like sex offenders rating kids and giving them probation. it is what ...

Toronto just took a big step away from car dependency, with city council adopting new by-law amendments on Wednesday to eliminate controversial par...

Congress has yet to address gun violence through legislation. then there is the whole just affording a kid thing. millennials hold just 5% of the nation's wealth unlike boomers before them who held about 21% of the nation's wealth at the same age. it is impossible to buy a home to raise kids if you don't have cash or collateral to make it happen. millennials also facing mountains of student debt at such high rates that monthly minimums barely pay off the monthly interest. while student debt forgiveness was in the biden agenda democrats had to cut it from the spending bill to lower the price ta...