Drug Law Reform in the 2011 Colorado Legislature
Run Time: 0:22:16 Play NowMP3 06/27/11
Justice Policy Director Mike Krause sits down with Christie Donner from the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition to review three drug offense sentencing-related bills passed in the 2011 Colorado legislative session.
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2011 Criminal Justice Legislation
Run Time: 0:10:51 Play NowMP3 04/25/11
Justice Policy Initiative director Mike Krause and Colorado state public defender Doug Wilson discuss what crime and punishment legislation is getting heard under the gold dome.
Mike Krause Justice Policy
The Growing State Corrections Budget
Run Time: 0:09:36 Play NowMP3 10/01/10
Not too long ago, 3% of the Colorado state budget was all it took to fund out corrections system. Now that number has tripled to 9%. What happened? How do we get back to controlled corrections spending? Justin Longo sits down with Justice Policy Center director Mike Krause to talk about some ways to get corrections spending back under control.
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Governor Ritter Ignores Ethics Order
Run Time: 0:11:24 Play NowMP3 10/05/09
Governor Ritter's office has only one "conflict of interest" report on file for the fifteen members of his cabinet, despite an executive order that requires each and every member of his cabinet to file such a disclosure. Investigative report Todd Shepherd and Jon Caldara discuss Ritter's noncompliance with former Governor Bill Owens' ethics executive order.
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Prison Spending and Sentencing Reform
Run Time: 0:24:40 Play NowMP3 08/25/09
Senior fellow Mike Krause interviews Christy Donner of the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition about runaway prison spending in Colorado, and the ongoing work of the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.
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Dave Kopel on Sonia Sotomayor
Run Time: 0:15:24 Play NowMP3 05/28/09
Dave Kopel recently appeared on the Amy Oliver Radio Show (1310KFKA) and discussed his thoughts on Obama's Supreme Court Justice pick, Sonia Sotomayor. Dave pulls no punches in this candid, and quite compelling assessment of our potential new Justice.
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Prison Spending, Recidivism, and the Colorado Budget
Run Time: 0:12:01 Play NowMP3 02/24/09
Where does spending on corrections stand in the Colorado budget? Are we paying more per year for housing inmates? Is the inmate population increasing, and if so, does recidivism play a role? Mike Krause joins Amy Oliver to discuss these issues and his event coming up next week at the University Club.
Amy Oliver Justice Policy
The Dirty Dozen
Run Time: 0:13:39 Play NowMP3 02/02/09
Chip Mellor of the Institute for Justice discusses the basis of his new book, The Dirty Dozen, which outlines the 12 worst Supreme Court decisions, as they effect our personal and economic liberty.
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Dave Kopel on AG nominee Eric Holder
Run Time: 0:13:01 Play NowMP3 01/27/09
Dave Kopel gives his quite candid take on the Attorney General nominee Eric Holder. Why does Holder represent, in Dave's eyes, corruption and a threat against our second amendment rights? Tune in to find out!
Jon Caldara Justice Policy
Regime Watch: The "Green" 2008 Summer Games
Run Time: 0:11:55 Play NowMP3 8/20/08
Amy Oliver and senior fellow Mike Krause discuss the complete farce the so called "green" Olympics have been in Beijing. Not to mention the tremendous human rights violations China has perpetrated that has been curiously overlooked. What kinds of rights violating policies did China implement to prepare for the games and how many people were effected by it? Tune in to find out.
Amy Oliver Justice Policy
Election Night 2006 And Prison Spending
Run Time: 0:12:48 Play NowMP3 11/8/06
Justice Policy Initiative Director Mike Krause on how the Democrats and Governor-elect Bill Ritter will have to address sentencing reform and prison spending in order to offset additional funding for health care and K-12 education.
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Petition Rights Amendment
Run Time: 0:10:30 Play NowMP3 8/31/06
Jon Caldara interviews Senior Fellow Dennis Polhill regarding the Petition Rights Amendment. It will be on this falls Ballot, what will it mean for Colorado?
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Colorado Initiative and Referendum State
Run Time: 0:15:00 Play NowMP3 3/9/06
Colorado Initiative and Referendum State
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Judicial Reform
Run Time: 0:13:26 Play NowMP3 8/22/06
Jon Caldara interviews John Andrews of the Claremont Institute about Judicial Reform in Colorado. Are the Colorado Courts out of control, find out.
Jon Caldara Justice Policy
Florida Supreme Court Tobacco Decision
Run Time: 0:11:37 Play NowMP3 7/27/06
Florida Supreme Court makes news again as it rejects the claims of 700,000 smokers against big tobacco. Find out what it means to Colorado.
Amy Oliver Justice Policy
Colorado Prison Spending Meltdown
Run Time: 0:10:45 Play NowMP3 3/23/06
Should Colorado embark on a massive prison expansion campaign or can the state slow the growth of the prison population through sentencing law changes? Jon Caldara interviews Director of the Justice Policy Initiative Mike Krause.
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