Tracking what's destroying Colorado
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
The X post by @JustJenRX highlights a video of Colorado State Representative Brandi Bradley passionately arguing for HB25-1073, a bill aimed at imposing mandatory prison sentences for those convicted of sexually assaulting children under 15, eliminating probation options. Bradley cites alarming statistics: 70% of child sex offenders in Colorado receive probation without jail time, 73% of those imprisoned are paroled after an average of just 8 years, and no offender has been sentenced to more than 25 years. The bill failed in the House Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote, with 6 out of 7 Democrats voting to postpone it indefinitely (effectively killing it), while all 4 Republicans and 1 Democrat opposed the postponement. The post accuses all Democrats of voting against child protection, urging Coloradans to wake up to the lenient sentencing that leaves victims with lifelong trauma.
This is absolutely infuriating—Colorado Democrats just showed their true colors by torpedoing a commonsense bill that would finally lock up child rapists instead of slapping them on the wrist with probation. Rep. Brandi Bradley laid it out plain and simple: these monsters can assault up to three kids and walk free, while our children suffer a lifetime of pain and addiction. With stats like 70% getting no jail time and early paroles after just eight years, it's clear the left's "criminal justice reform" is code for protecting predators over innocents. Sure, one Democrat crossed the aisle, but the rest? They voted party over kids. Time for conservatives to take back the statehouse and put real protections in place—enough with the soft-on-crime nonsense that's turning Colorado into a haven for the worst of society!