This month, Colorado House lawmakers passed a bill that would make cyberbullying a misdemeanor harassment charge. After being approved by the House, the proposal is now on its way to the Senate for consideration.

 

If the bill is passed, bullying on social media sites and other forms of technology may be penalized with up to six months of jail time and up to $750 in fines. Supporters of the

The vast majority of US states have felony DUI laws that enforce harsh penalties on repeat offenders. In fact, Colorado is one of only five states that currently do not have a felony DUI law in place. That means that regardless of the number of previous DUI convictions you have, the maximum punishment a DUI offender can receive under Colorado law is heavy fines, license suspension, and one year in

While republicans and democrats may disagree on everything from taxes to abortion laws, there’s one thing both political parties appear to strongly agree on—there are some big criminal problems with our criminal justice system.

 

As we come to the third month of 2015, many hot issues are coming to the surface that politicians and civilians alike realize need to be addressed. Some of the most important problems facing our

Not too long ago in Denver, police opened fire on a car full of teenagers after the driver of the car supposedly started accelerating toward the officer. The driver of the vehicle, 17-year-old Jessica Hernandez, was shot and killed.

 

In recent weeks, this incident has drummed up national attention. People are claiming that none of the teenagers in the car were armed, and thus the shooting was unprovoked and

It should come as no surprise that sex crimes are some of the worst crimes that a person can be charged with. Sex offenders face some of the harshest punishments available, and once an individual is found guilty of a sex crime, ridding yourself of the legal repercussions and accompanying social stigmas is often close to impossible.

 

What you may not know, though, is that sometimes even consensual sex