Colo. Senate Democrats: Senate Approves Fields' Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Bail Eligibility for First-Degree Murder Cases
March 29, 2024
March 29, 2024
DENVER, Colorado, March 29 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on March 28, 2024:
Today, the Senate approved bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senator Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, to refer a ballot measure to Colorado voters to make first-degree murder defendants ineligible for bail.
"We have seen harrowing examples in Colorado of first-degree murder defendants posting bail and committing further violent crime before their court date,&q . . .
Today, the Senate approved bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senator Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, to refer a ballot measure to Colorado voters to make first-degree murder defendants ineligible for bail.
"We have seen harrowing examples in Colorado of first-degree murder defendants posting bail and committing further violent crime before their court date,&q . . .