Daphne Kessler

Courts reporter

State courts, filings, verdicts, the record as it stands

Stories by Daphne Kessler

The Denver skyline. Three men were each sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for kidnapping and torturing a Denver roommate in a ransom plot federal prosecutors said was directed by Tren de Aragua leaders.

Front Range

Three men get 20 years each for Denver kidnapping and torture carried out for Tren de Aragua

Darwin Veliz-Gonzalez, Jefferson Balza-Delfin and Yender Enrique Campos-Malave were each sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for kidnapping and torturing a Denver roommate in a ransom plot directed by the gang's leaders. A fourth defendant's sentencing was continued.

Daphne Kessler · 2026-10-07

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. On Monday, Oct. 5, the justices open the fall term with the first arguments in Boulder's climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy.

Statehouse

Supreme Court opens its term Monday with Boulder's climate case against ExxonMobil and Suncor

The justices hear the first arguments of the fall term Oct. 5 in Suncor Energy (USA) Inc. v. Commissioners of Boulder County, a bid by the oil companies to end Boulder's 2018 climate lawsuit before trial. The Trump administration has backed the companies.

Daphne Kessler · 2026-10-04