Colorado lawmakers want to carve a new path out of prison in second-look sentencing bill

Colorado lawmakers are considering whether to carve a new path out of prison for some inmates who have served at least two decades behind bars.

In a second-look sentencing bill introduced in late February, Democratic state senators Julie Gonzales, of Denver, and Mike Weissman, of Aurora, seek to create a new legal process to allow judges to reduce sentences for prisoners who have spent at…