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District attorney asks commissioners to fund conviction‑integrity unit and restore internship funding
Summary
The District Attorney told Arapahoe County commissioners she wants to create a conviction‑integrity review unit (starting with two staff and growing to four) and to restore line items for 2L/3L internship programs and temporary staffing; she urged commissioners to consider supplemental budget action this quarter.
District Attorney Amy Patty (as named in the transcript) asked Arapahoe County commissioners to support two priorities in the 2026 budget: a staffed conviction‑integrity review unit and restored funding for the office's law‑student internship program and temporary staff.
"When we've convicted the wrong person, not only we've done injustice of that person and that person's family, but we've also let the actual perpetrator go free," the district attorney said, describing the mission of a conviction‑integrity unit to review prior convictions, examine sentencing disparities and pursue root‑cause analysis. She recommended starting the unit with at…
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