A law with which theft can be tackled in Colorado is depressed by the legislators

Colorado Springs, Colorado (KKTV) -In of a 6: 3 voting to vote from the Colorado House Committee to kill a legislative template that would have increased the punishments for theft in Colorado.

“They feared that we will use people who shop five dollars in prison and that has nothing to do with my bill. I think we tend to set the rights of criminals about the rights of the victims. They said that we have to be very careful when we take out freedoms from people, ”said Brandi Bradley, representative of Colorado.

According to the legislator to support the law, the legislation would request the judges to increase the punishment of the repeat criminals of the theft of the crime. The current law requires a judge to give a person the minimum sentence of a set area, but with this invoice she would have served the center of the area. For example, if someone is compared to 10-20 years, the judge currently gives you 10 years, but with the change she would have to give 15 years.

Rep. Bradley said: “We see people all the time, packed people's wallets and left the shops. This did not happen in our state a few years ago. But now you know that you will come to the state of Colorado because we will give you a blow to your wrist. “

A business owner affected by burglaries, Teddy Collins, is the owner of Spartan Defense in Colorado Springs. His business has been targeted several times for Smash-and-Grabs, where suspects used a car as a ramming tool to force entry into the shops. He says he is frustrated about the news that the invoice had not passed.

“It is extremely frustrating, but the legislators have to act and obviously they have shown. They are not ready to do and by correcting this calculation. As I said, it was a party line, ”said Collins.

The legislator to support the draft law tells us that you consider asking a question on the ballot paper, hoping to say goodbye to a similar law that resembles this legislation.

This legislation would also have stolen the definition of counterfeits, which increased the punishment for taking money.

11 messages turned to legislators who voted against the bill and were waiting for an answer.

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