Vetoed municipal courts bill would have strengthened Colorado law requiring livestreaming of criminal court proceedings - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition

Vetoed municipal courts bill would have strengthened Colorado law requiring livestreaming of criminal court proceedings - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition

By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director A legislative effort to strengthen Colorado’s two-year-old law requiring the livestreaming of criminal court proceedings ended last week with Gov. Jared Polis’ veto of House Bill 25-1147. Much of the bill pertained to sentencing disparities between municipal and state courts in Colorado for the same minor crimes, as brought to light by The Denver Post in a series of stories. In a letter to lawmakers…