ACLU v. Colorado Department of Corrections
This lawsuit was filed in 2013, as Colorado was preparing for its first execution since 1997. The ACLU invoked the Colorado open records laws seeking disclosure of Colorado’s detailed execution protocol as well as information about the state’s efforts to obtain the drug or drugs that will be used and the companies that may be supplying the drugs.....
Death Penalty, Government Transparency
Dunlap v. Zavaras
Colorado is one of the only states that denies its death row prisoners an opportunity for regular outdoor exercise. In this case, ACLU attorneys represent Nathan Dunlap, who has been on Colorado’s death row since 1996. Except for a handful of occasions when Mr. Dunlap was briefly transferred to other facilities for medical visits....
Criminal Justice, Death Penalty