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District attorney positions are seen as apolitical public servants. Yet they run for election, raise campaign funds and appear on the ballot with a political party affiliation.

In this four-part podcast, we discuss the politicization of prosecutors, and issues special to Colorado's rural areas, and we take a look at one of Colorado's more hotly contested DA races.

District attorney positions are seen as apolitical public servants. Yet they run for election, raise campaign funds and appear on the ballot with a political party affiliation.

In this four-part podcast, we discuss the politicization of prosecutors, and issues special to Colorado's rural areas, and we take a look at one of Colorado's more hotly contested DA races.

District attorney positions are seen as apolitical public servants. Yet they run for election, raise campaign funds and appear on the ballot with a political party affiliation.

In this four-part podcast, we discuss the politicization of prosecutors, and issues special to Colorado's rural areas, and we take a look at one of Colorado's more hotly contested DA races.

District attorney positions are seen as apolitical public servants. Yet they run for election, raise campaign funds and appear on the ballot with a political party affiliation.

In this four-part podcast, we discuss the politicization of prosecutors, and issues special to Colorado's rural areas, and we take a look at one of Colorado's more hotly contested DA races.

In this episode, reporter Julia Cardi looks into why the COVID-19 pandemic is a touchpoint for mental health in the legal profession.

The COVID-19 pandemic has come with a whole set of potential triggers for mental health struggles and substance use: The upending of daily routines we took for granted. Financial distress. Absorbing the trauma of clients who have suffered economically.

The episode's first guest is Sarah Myers, executive director of the Colorado Lawyer Assistance Program. We also hear from a lawyer who returned to practicing law after coming back from an alcohol addiction and disbarment. Even though he's been sober for more than 15 years, his story might resonate with lawyers who have had mental health struggles triggered by the pandemic.

In this episode, reporter Julia Cardi looks at a new state office that’s been years in the making. Advocates talk about why Colorado's Office of Public Guardianship took nearly three years to start operating, and what it might come up against for the legislature to keep funding it.