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What Chance? What Choice! - Lisi Owen For the People
Sithty Minutes | Oct 6, 2023
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Candace Bailey Interviews Lisi Owen
KGNU | Aug 24, 2023
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Meet Lisi Owen, the former civil rights attorney running for Denver DA
Lisi Owen, a former civil rights attorney, has announced her candidacy for Denver's district attorney in the 2024 general election. The Denver Gazette, Aug 27, 2023
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“If I wanted to read inexpert tough-on-crime rhetoric, I’d pull up a copy of Trump’s full-page 1989 ‘Bring Back the Death Penalty’ ad.”
More money is not what is needed to fight crime,” The Denver Post, Nov. 21, 2021
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“. . . everyone’s hands are always tied. Who’s aren’t? If not you, then who?”
“SCOTUS Denies Cert to Colorado Prisoner Rights Case,” Law Week Colorado, Oct. 15, 2018
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“When we stop protecting the general concept of liberty, we’re in very serious territory.”
“Lawsuit: Denver CARES Detox at Mile High Stadium is a Moneymaking Scheme,” Westword, Dec. 21, 2016
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“Denver CARES treatment is anything but consensual under these circumstances.”
“Intoxicated Broncos Fans Accuse Denver Police of Constitutional Violation Over Detox Suit,” The Denver Post, Nov. 30, 2016
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“The family of a 25-year old parolee who died with a cocktail of drugs in his system in the Gunnison County jail has sued the county and the Colorado State Patrol in federal court.”
“Parents of 25-year Old Inmate Who Died in Gunnison County Jail of Drug Overdose File Suit,” The Denver Post, Jun. 23, 2016
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“In all honesty, Hill said, that’s the part that will most likely change her life.”
“Even with Legal Help, Transgender Prisoners are Never Safe in Prison,” Westword, Aug. 18, 2015
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“Colorado, she says, suffers from the ‘extraordinary use of harsh corrections practices,’ including the overuse of solitary confinement. ‘The punitive mindset here is insane.’”
Convicted Murderer Willie Clark Just Wants to be Treated Fairly,” Westword, Nov. 7, 2013
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“Roemer, a nonviolent inmate, was moved into Farley’s cell. In the days before he was killed, he told his case manager that Farley was threatening him and that he feared for his life. He wanted to move.”
“Mother Sues Over ‘Predictable’ Prison Death by Violent Inmate,” The Denver Post, Jul. 4, 2014
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“When Elisabeth Owen, a Colorado Prison Law Project attorney, considers the newly closed prison, one word leaps to mind: ‘Boondoggle.’
“Colorado Spending $208 Million on Empty Solitary Confinement Prison,” The Denver Post, Nov. 3, 2012