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Burger King serves Arapahoe in special ways
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Englewood Police are investigating a break-in that led to several small fires and extensive damage to the $45 million state-of-the-art facility.
Restaurant located at University Boulevard and Dry Creek Road, directly across the street from the school, raises $28,000 for Claire Davis fund.
Volume 32 • Number 08 • January 16, 2014
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Cherry Creek North boutique offers European flair representing classy and elegant clothing and accessories.
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108th annual event kicks off with annual parade; runs through Jan. 26 Miss Rodeo Iowa Susan Fife, Miss Rodeo America Paige Nicholson, Miss Rodeo Colorado Rhianna Russell and Miss Rodeo North Dakota Codi Miller ride in the National Western Stock Show’s Kick-off Parade, Jan. 9. See more photos on page 2
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Father’s protests raise death penalty questions DA stands by decision, despite wishes of victim’s family
By Peter Jones The impending retrial of a prisoner who admitted to murdering a corrections officer 12 years ago in a prison kitchen has spurred a debate about the appropriate role of victims’ families when prosecutors consider the death penalty. Last week, as potential jurors in the 18th Judicial District lined up outside the Douglas County Courthouse, Robert
an, issued a statement about Autobee, father of murder the district attorney’s decivictim Eric Autobee, carsion to seek the death penalty ried a photograph of his son and responding to Autobee’s while protesting the deciapparent efforts to influence sion of District Attorney potential jurors outside the George Brauchler to seek courtroom. capital punishment for in“We have great sympamate Edward Montour, who thy for the Autobee family confessed to beating Eric to and have spent many hours death in 2002 at the Limon together in person and on Correctional Facility. the telephone discussing “My son wouldn’t want the prosecution of Edward Edward Montour the death penalty,” Autobee Eric Autobee Montour,” Pinto’s statement told potential jurors, notsaid. “The Autobees’ feelhad caused the Autobee family. ing that he had forgiven the ings were a significant factor we On Jan. 6, in response to the killer during a three-hour faceto-face meeting, where Montour father’s protests that day, Lisa Continued on page 3 apologized for the suffering he Pinto, Brauchler’s spokeswom-