Tag: Mandatory Minimums
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Aurora lawmakers seek to remove ‘sunset provision’ on mandatory minimums for car theft
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A provisional Aurora car theft law imposing mandatory minimum jail sentences could become permanent after getting preemptive approval from the city’s public safety committee. At Thursday’s Public Safety, Courts and Civil Service Policy Committee meeting, committee members agreed to move forward with an ordinance that…
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Look ahead: Aurora council to discuss repealing marijuana tax Monday
Aurora’s councilmembers will discuss an array of topics at Monday night’s study session and meeting, including a proposal to repeal Aurora’s marijuana excise tax, the finalization of harsher penalties for retail theft and a rule change banning international issues in the council. The councilmembers will hold a study session at 5:15 p.m., followed by their…
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Stealing more than $100 worth of goods, or dining-and-dashing, results in Aurora jail time
Aurora adopted harsher penalties for theft in the city, a move that supporters said will help reduce theft and one that opponents said will cost the city more in incarceration costs for a strategy that isn’t effective. Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky brought forward two ordinances at Monday night’s council meeting that add to the original ordinance…
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Looking ahead in Aurora: immigration, public defense, retail theft major topics at council meetings
The Aurora City Council on Monday will tackle anew several contentious issues, notably the possible privatization of the public defender’s office, handling of the influx of immigrants into the metro area, retail theft mandatory minimums and the Israel Hamas war. The councilmembers will hold a study session and their regular meeting late on Monday. In…
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Aurora City Council debates harsher punishment for retail theft
The Aurora City Council agreed to move forward with two ordinances Monday night that would broaden the city’s mandatory minimum sentence for retail theft ordinance that passed last year. Both ordinances were put forward by Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky and would add to the original ordinance passed in 2023, which set a three-day minimum mandatory jail…