Colorado: New DA McCann says Denver is done with the death penalty

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3J5JrAJ9GWwgcIwahIpZkQTjp5ewwVML2aqTJObNSvFbOeaVf96aICx_6uJqqVBdXCSsfG5_HPCechJ4NQHUAymu0FGMnbyBxEau1Y0wKT-BCB34vqO0TVnvCHXo2xcuwT2Lz1TBeJU/s1600/Beth+McCann+Denver+DA+Colorado.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="DA Beth McCann" border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3J5JrAJ9GWwgcIwahIpZkQTjp5ewwVML2aqTJObNSvFbOeaVf96aICx_6uJqqVBdXCSsfG5_HPCechJ4NQHUAymu0FGMnbyBxEau1Y0wKT-BCB34vqO0TVnvCHXo2xcuwT2Lz1TBeJU/s400/Beth+McCann+Denver+DA+Colorado.jpg" title="DA Beth McCann" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DA Beth McCann, Denver, Colorado</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Denver is done with the death penalty. It dies as District Attorney Mitch Morrissey leaves office on Tuesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">His successor, Democrat Beth McCann, sat down with Next, and said she'll make good on her campaign promise to remove Denver from the list of the few remaining judicial districts in the state to seek capital punishment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We are (done) under my administration," she said. "I don't think that the state should be in the business of killing people."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">McCann believes life in prison gets the point of a punishment across, and "the millions and millions of dollars" the state spends on capital punishment cases can be saved to prosecute others.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Morrisey sought the death penalty once. It was for Dexter Lewis, who was found guilty of stabbing five people to death in a Fero's Bar.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lee_Davis" target="_blank">Gary Davis</a> is the only person put to death in Colorado since the Supreme Court reinstated it in 1976. Davis was put to death in 1997.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">McCann is not looking to lead a statewide repeal of the death penalty, and she says she'd support a voter referendum on the issue, or repeal in the legislature.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday, 9NEWS will talk to McCann about how she plans to handle prosecution of police officers accused of breaking the law, and how her work as a gun control advocate will impact how she prosecutes gun crimes in Denver. </div><br />Source: <a href="http://www.9news.com/news/local/next/new-da-mccann-says-denver-is-done-with-the-death-penalty/384633301" target="_blank">9NEWS</a>, Kyle Clark, Jan 9, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Colorado: New DA McCann says Denver is done with the death penalty

DA Beth McCann, Denver, Colorado Denver is done with the death penalty. It dies as District Attorney Mitch Morrissey leaves office on Tuesda...

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