Colorado Attorney General John Suthers
Watch this month's Dialogue:Denver DA
Many people may be confused about the different roles of a District Attorney and a state Attorney General. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers joins Denver DA Mitch Morrissey and host Harry Cullis to talk about issues of mutual interest including consumer fraud and DNA on this edition of Dialogue: Denver DA.
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Colorado’s Attorney General serves as chief legal counsel to the executive branch of government
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Colorado’s Attorney General oversees the Statewide Grand jury and the Denver District Attorney oversees the Denver Grand Jury
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Both the Denver District Attorney and the Colorado Attorney General support the expanded use of DNA technology to exonerate the innocent and prosecute the guilty
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The Denver District Attorney’s Office is a law office with 78 attorneys; the Colorado Attorney General’s Office has 244
TRUE OR FALSE: The best way for someone to enlist a stranger’s help if they are being attacked is to simply yell, “HELP!”
FALSE. Strangers respond more readily to a specific request like, “You in the blue shirt, call 911!”