Frequent felon found ‘low risk’ to reoffend 8 days before murder, 9NEWS Investigates finds

For more than a year, 9NEWS Investigates examined the way the Colorado DOC attempts to assess the risk of those on parole.

Updated: 11:00 PM MDT April 10, 2025

COLORADO, USA

Eight days before Westminster Police officers say a parolee named August Romero intentionally drove his truck over a man last year, a Colorado Department of Corrections parole officer concluded Romero’s “criminal attitudes” were essentially nonexistent, according to Colorado DOC records reviewed by 9NEWS Investigates…

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