Aspen Times – DA likely won’t oppose record-sealing request

District Attorney Sherry Caloia said Wednesday that her office likely won’t oppose former murder suspect Nancy Styler’s request to have the law enforcement records pertaining to her case permanently sealed from public access. A motion filed with the Pitkin County District Court on Monday by Styler’s attorney, Beth Krulewitch, seeks the sealing of “any and all records” affiliated with the 9th Judicial District Attorney’s Office case, including information from the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office, the Pitkin County Jail, the Aspen … Continued

Dateline NBC Nancy Pfister murder Beth Krulewitch Aspen Defense Attorney

NEW TENANTS, THE DOCTOR AND HIS WIFE. THE CASE AGAINST THEM CAME TOGETHER PERFECTLY. PERHAPS TOO PERFECTLY. HERE AGAIN, KEITH MORRISON. >> Reporter: IT WAS A QUICK BUSINESS HERE IN ASPEN, COLORADO. NOT EVEN A WEEK AFTER NANCY PFISTER’S BODY WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER OWN CLOSET, HER RENTERS WERE LED AWAY IN HANDCUFFS. BUT WAS IT TOO QUICK, TOO EASY? >> IT LOOKED FISHY TO ME. >> Reporter: FISHY? >> FISHY. >> Reporter: NANCY STYLER’S ATTORNEY BETH KRULEWITCH. FISHY, … Continued

Aspen Times – Carbondale man gets two years of probation on drug conviction

A native of South America who in July was convicted by a Pitkin County jury of felony cocaine possession was sentenced Monday. Fernando A. Fuentes-Silva, 30, of Carbondale, received two years of supervised probation. But in handing down the sentence, District Judge Gail Nichols pointed out that the conviction makes Fuentes-Silva a likely candidate for deportation. “Your best chances with immigration (officials) are going to be full compliance with probation,” Nichols said. The jury returned the guilty verdict on July … Continued

New York Times & Aspen Public Radio

A Convenient Morality By FRANK BRUNI Published: February 4, 2013 271 Last week, the Obama administration proposed a further tweak to its rules about insurance coverage of contraception, trying to quiet religious organizations’ complaints that the edict tramples on their beliefs. Roman Catholic officials have been especially vociferous. Their moral conviction, they insist, cannot be slave to secular convention. Except, that is, when it works to their advantage. When it profits them. And this two-tracked approach was illustrated by another … Continued