SPECIAL PROSECUTOR COMMON IN STATE

From: Rocky Mountain News | Date: February 28, 2004| Author: Karen Abbott, Rocky Mountain News | Copyright information

Ken Starr and Archibald Cox may be the nation's most famous special prosecutors.

They investigated presidents and made history.

But in Colorado, special prosecutors are commonly appointed by district attorneys to avoid conflicts of interest or appearances of impropriety, large and small.

Most uses of special prosecutors lie below the publicity radar.

Often a conflict arises when a witness against one defendant is a defendant in another criminal case, according to De...

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