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Armstrong: Don’t let ‘abolitionists’ thwart meaningful justice reform
Who guards the guardians? Who watches the watchers? Who polices the police? These are classic problems of power. We need to assign people to help keep us safe from those who would do us harm, and we...
View ArticleMadsen: Rethinking how we pick judges in Colorado
Our system for the selection and retention of state court judges in Colorado was created in 1966 by an initiated constitutional amendment known as the “Missouri Plan.” Colorado has gone through...
View ArticleProposed ballot measure mandates violent offenders serve most of prison time...
DENVER —A man known for putting taxpayer protection initiatives on the Colorado ballot has shifted to criminal justice matters, saying the state legislature won’t do anything to get the criminals off...
View ArticleArmstrong: Colorado ‘abolitionists’ send incoherent message on justice
Two Colorado legislators that I know of, Elisabeth Epps and Tim Hernández, declare themselves to be “abolitionists.” Traditionally, that term referred to the abolition of slavery. So what do these...
View ArticleArmstrong: Colorado has room for improvement on police accountability
Policing is an inherently noble profession. Your career, if you are a good cop, is to help keep people safe from violence—the most central function of proper government. But when “we”—society at large,...
View ArticleArmstrong: Asset forfeiture bill reins in government theft
A central function of government is to protect us from getting our stuff stolen. Far too often, government agents instead engage in legalized theft. By some estimates for some years, government seizes...
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