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Domestic violence is a prevalent crime here in Colorado and across the United States, and law enforcement officials take domestic violence allegations extremely seriously.

One woman, however, is accusing the University of Colorado of not taking her domestic violence claim seriously. Instead, she says that CU not only knew about the abuse but also tried significantly to cover it up. For that reason, the woman has filed a notice of claim ahead of a potential lawsuit against CU.

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We all have people in our lives that we don’t know very well, but when we see them, we talk to them about our problems and even trust them in a way we don’t trust people we are close to. It could be the bus driver, the mailman, someone who works in the same building with you, and so on.

These relationships are different for every person. For a lot of people, their hairdresser or barber holds this title. Well, [...]

You’ve most likely heard this before: domestic violence incidents spike during the holiday season with more people spending long days and weeks with family members.

It’s something that makes sense. It’s something that sounds true. So when media outlets report the information as fact, most people tend to believe it.

Here’s the thing, though: according to the National Resource Center for Domestic Violence, “Available research linking reports of domestic violence to the holiday season is limited and inconclusive.”

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Thousands of women die each year due to domestic violence. Unfortunately, one recent case that happened right here in Colorado is a lesson to law enforcement officers on how important it can be to act on initial instances of violence.

Earlier this month, police found the slain body of Blanca Judith Jurado Salas, a woman living in Glenwood Springs. She was killed by multiple gunshot wounds inside her home. Law enforcement officials are calling this a case of “extreme domestic [...]

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 [...]