· Boulder Monitor · By Jan Anderson · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
After a court ordered investigative records released, the Boulder Monitor examines Jefferson County's and Homeland Security's inquiries into Audemio Orozco-Ramirez's report of rape in jail. The article reviews video, medical and laboratory evidence, inmate interviews, and a federal expert's finding that the allegation was unsubstantiated, while also noting the expert's recommended jail reforms. Shahid Haque argues that missing footage, cursory interviews, conflicts of interest, and assumptions about his client's motives left essential questions unresolved.
This is one of the most detailed public accounts of the evidence behind the federal lawsuit. It shows Shahid pressing for an independent and victim-centered examination even after local and federal officials had closed their investigations.