Colorado’s Law for Defendants Found “Incompetent and Not Restorable” and How It Fails Both Defendants — and Victims
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Colorado has updated its competency laws over the last several years to clarify procedures for defendants who cannot understand or participate in their criminal proceedings. Those reforms — intended to protect due process and move people into treatment when possible — contain a painful truth: when restoration isn’t possible the law too often leaves everybody…
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