Walmart Is Taking Shoplifting into Its Own Hands
Sep 19
2016

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Shoplifting

If someone is accused of shoplifting at a retail location, it is not only embarrassing for the accused, but also burdensome for the owners or employees of the retail store. It can take some time for police to arrive at the scene and properly arrest a shoplifter, and the store may have other responsibilities to law enforcement after the individual has been arrested and faces time in court.

It’s even worse for retail giants like Walmart, who have become been [...]

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4 Different Types of Colorado Fraud Charges and Their Penalties
Sep 13
2016

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Fraud

When someone says the word “fraud,” what do you think of? Identity theft? Signing a bad check? Telling a white lie?

Fraud is one of the most common white collar crimes, and it comes in many forms. In fact, all of these actions fall under the massive umbrella of fraud under Colorado law. Moreover, as technology and the way we use and store our finances changes, new types of fraud and new fraud schemes are being created every day.

With [...]

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Colorado Has Some of the Toughest Domestic Violence Laws
Sep 6
2016

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Domestic Violence

In 1994, victim-advocacy groups told the state of Colorado that the current laws on domestic violence did not bring justice to victims. Colorado listened, and enacted some of the harshest domestic violence laws in the country.

The laws, which address everything from the process of arresting someone for domestic violence to mandatory sentencing, have proven to be tough on domestic violence offenders… but are they too tough?

Some criminal justice experts argue that Colorado’s laws are so harsh they end [...]

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A Guide to Colorado’s “Morality Crimes”
Aug 30
2016

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Offender Registry

We often talk about different types of crimes in two categories: violent and non-violent. Violent crimes cause bodily harm to others (think assault or murder), and non-violent crimes typically involve white-collar crimes or indiscretions concerning money or property (theft, embezzlement, and so on).

While these are two types of common crimes, they do not cover all of the crimes that are defined under the laws of Colorado. In this post, we will describe a group of crimes that aren’t commonly [...]

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Another Short Sentence for Sexual Assault Makes National News
Aug 23
2016

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Sex Crimes

Only weeks after Brock Turner’s six-month sentence for sexual assault charges sparked outrage across the nation, another light sentence for sexual assault has made national news. This time, the offender was sentenced right here in Colorado.

Austin James Wilkerson, a former student at the University of Colorado, was arrested for sexually assaulting a former classmate while she was intoxicated. In May, he was convicted on one count of sexual assault of a helpless victim and one count of unlawful sexual [...]

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