On Oct. 26, 2006, then 21-year-old Raul Gomez-Garcia was convicted and sentenced to 80 years in prison for the murder and attempted murder of two Denver Police Department detectives.
Nearly 20 years since the shooting, Gomez-Garcia, a Mexican national, has applied to receive early parole through Colorado’s Department of Corrections Program for Juvenile Offenders, according to a Colorado Department of Corrections letter obtained by The Denver Gazette.
The letter — sent on March 10 to the families of the victims — stated that Gomez-Garcia applied for the program and gave the recipients a chance to oppose early parole before the Parole Board and Gov. Jared Polis decide on the application…