Why Colorado Is Violating Its Own Constitution by Keeping a Dying Tina Peters Behind Bars

Colorado officials want the public to believe that keeping former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters in prison is justice. But when a woman’s health is collapsing, when she is rapidly declining, and when her continued confinement now poses a direct threat to her life, the law tells a very different story.

Colorado is not simply neglecting its responsibility – it is violating its own constitution.

Article II, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution states in unmistakable terms: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”

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