Policy Objectives

CCDB lobbies for criminal justice reform during each legislative session of the Colorado General Assembly.

Areas of focus include:

• Collateral consequences of conviction
• Death penalty
• DNA collection
• Drug laws
• Immigration
• Juvenile justice
• Sentencing reform & mass incarceration
• Sexual offenses

Read the latest legislative updates.

Please Donate to the Raptor Fund!

By donating generously to CCDB's Raptor Fund,

• You help ensure Colorado’s criminal defense community—and its expertise about the real-life impact of bad laws—is heard by policymakers.
• You help counter the rhetoric of prosecutors and law enforcement.
• You help the fight for criminal justice reform that protects the constitutional rights of the accused.

Your donation to the Raptor Fund directly supports CCDB's lobbying efforts. It pays for our lobbyist and the new policy director we wish to hire, so CCDB can keep fighting the good fight... and winning!