The Colorado Supreme Court previously indicated an interest in this issue when it took up a 2023 theft case from Rifle, in which two defendants faced jail sentences 18 times longer in municipal ...

Colorado lawmakers are set to introduce a pair of bills in the next legislative session that would bar municipal courts from imposing more severe sentences than state courts for the same crimes, as… ...

The municipal court didn't say why it ended its decades-long contract with JusticePoint in its termination letter. Services will cease on July 11.