Governor Hickenlooper has ordered the Colorado Department of Corrections to audit thousands of inmate records to ensure prisoners are serving appropriate sentences. This comes after Evan Ebel, who murdered the DOC director, was released from prison four years early due to a clerical error. The DOC will first review cases that required consecutive sentencing, including those convicted of assaulting corrections officers like Ebel. They will also undergo a review of parole procedures by the National Institute of Corrections. Gun rights advocates in Colorado have launched recall efforts against the Senate president and a rural lawmaker for supporting new gun control laws, but the most hardline advocate thinks focusing on the 2014 election may be more effective.

1. Corrections audit ordered
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Hickenlooper wants records checked after an error
led to the early release of murder suspect Evan Ebel.
By Jeremy P. Meyer The Denver Post
colorado springs» Gov. John Hick­
enlooper on Thursday announced that
he ordered the Department of Correc­
tions to audit thousands of records to en­
sure that prisoners are serving appropri­
ate sentences.
The order comes two weeks after DOC
executive director Tom Clements was
shot to death at his Monument home.
The chief suspect is parolee Evan Ebel, a
man released from prison about four
years early because of a court’s clerical
error.
“The department will prioritize the re­
view of cases with the greatest level of
risk, going back 10 years and reviewing
required consecutive sentencing,” Hick­
enlooper said in a news release. “The de­
partment will work with the Attorney
General’s office on any issues that may
need further action.”
The DOC announced the audit and a
review of state parole procedures by the
National Institute of Corrections at a
news conference.
DOC officials will first look at the sen­
tences of about 255 inmates convicted of
assaulting corrections officers, which re­
quires consecutive sentencing. Ebel in
PAROLE»6A
MIDNIGHT MASSACRE
Warning
on Holmes
sounded
in June
The suspect’s psychiatrist
told a cop he was a danger 38
days before the shooting.
By John Ingold The Denver Post
centennial» Thirty­eight days
before the attack on the Century Au­
rora 16 movie theater, the psychia­
trist treating suspect James Holmes
told a police officer that her patient
had confessed homicidal thoughts
and was a danger to the public, ac­
cording to newly unsealed court
documents in the murder case
against Holmes.
The psychiatrist, Dr. Lynne Fen­
ton, also told the officer that Holmes
had stopped seeing her and had
been threatening her in text messag­
es and e­mails, the documents state.
The officer, Lynn Whitten, respond­
ed by deactivating Holmes’ key­card
access to secure areas of University
of Colorado medical campus build­
ings, according to search­warrant af­
fidavits.
But the documents don’t reveal
what — if anything — campus au­
thorities did to investigate Holmes
until 38 days later, when 12 people
were dead in the July 20 movie­the­
ater shootings, 58 more were injured
by gunfire and Aurora police came
HOLMES»6A
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Fans blow hot, cold
By Patrick Saunders The Denver Post
B
aseball paradise awaits fans
streaming into Coors Field on
Friday afternoon for the Rockies’
2013 home opener.
They’llbegreetedbyspringtemperatures
in the 70s, purple balloons and red­white­
and­blue bunting. As a bonus, the Rockies
are on a two­game winning streak and
above .500 for the first time since last April.
But beneath the optimism of spring,
sunshine and baseball, discontent perco­
lates in Rockies Nation. An online Denver
Post poll this week asked fans where they
thought the Rockies would finish in the
National League West standings. Nearly
64 percent predicted the team would fin­
ish last, as they did a year ago.
“It’s sort of a mixed bag,” owner Dick
Monfort said Thursday afternoon while
conducting a media tour touting $6 mil­
lion in upgrades at the ballpark. “We have
our avid fans. But then I just got an enve­
lope when I was back in my office, and it
was from a guy who sent me a purple
PULSE » 10A
By Lynn Bartels The Denver Post
Gun­rights advocates furious over gun bills in the
Colorado legislature have launched recall efforts
against the state Senate president and a rural House
lawmaker, and are talking about going after the gov­
ernor and other Democratic politicians.
Yet the state’s most hardball gun­rights advocate
isn’t sure a recall is the best strategy.
That dynamic underscores the strong hand Re­
publicans believe the new gun­control laws have
dealt them — but also the peril they face in going
forward with recalls.
Dudley Brown, director of Rocky Mountain Gun
Owners, thinks the time and money would be bet­
ter spent taking out Democrats in swing districts
in the 2014 election.
To force an election, recall organizers have to
collect petition signatures based on 25 percent of
RECALL»10A
Gun­related recall e≠orts carry risks
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Gov. John
Hickenlooper
448,227
Senate President John
Morse, Colo. Springs
7,178
Sen. Evie Hudak,
Westminster
18,962
Rep. Mike McLachlan,
Durango
10,586
Four potential recall targets
With signatures needed to force such a vote, based on 25 percent of votes cast in the last election:
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