Colorado voters approve ballot measure requiring life in prison for child sex traffickers

Source Scout · The Colorado Sun reports: Telling stories that matter in a dynamic, evolving state. ▶ Track Election Day races across Colorado here Colorado voters Tuesday approved a ballot measure requiring people convicted of child sex trafficking to be sentenced life in prison without any chance of parole — a change that was rejected by state lawmakers earlier this year. The Associated Press projected at 9:08 p.m. that Proposition 133 would pass, when 61.4% of tabulated voters were in favor of the measure and 38.6% were opposed. The initiative only needed to win majority support to pass because it changes state statute.

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