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CO: Governor Runs From Issue He Ran On

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Greene: Ritter runs from issue he ran on By Susan Greene Denver Post Columnist 04/19/2009 You should be scared, very scared. That's what DAs hope as the legislature contemplates a bill to reform sentencing laws. Notably silent, at least publicly, is Gov. Bill Ritter, who served 12 years as Denver's chief prosecutor yet ran on a promise to fix what's broken in a state that has built nearly a prison a year. Behind the scenes, he's pushing lawmakers to abandon reform to one of his many commissions and urging his appointees to stall even further. Ritter no doubt is trying, at least in his first term, to avoid a Willie Horton scenario or appearing soft on crime. But some say the man once credited as less of a demagogue than most DAs has hoodwinked voters into expecting reforms...continue to full post

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