There's a new push to change state laws regarding competency in criminal cases. The Colorado Parents Advocacy Network has started a new petition that calls on the state's district attorneys to urge the governor to call an emergency special session to amend or repeal those laws.

This comes after charges were dropped in a number of cases, some involving murder and kidnapping, due to offenders being deemed incompetent to stand trial. Right now, state law requires a judge to dismiss charges against suspects who are found both incompetent and not restorable. That is what happened in the case of Solomon Galligan in Arapahoe County. He was facing kidnapping and child abuse charges after he was caught on camera lunging at elementary school children in Aurora during recess last April. But, af

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