Maillaro is currently an assistant district attorney in the 18th Judicial District, and Kellner is a chief deputy district attorney in the same office. Amy Padden and Matt Maillaro faced off June 2  in a Zoom debate to convince voters they’re the best choice in the June 30 Democratic primary.Maillaro touted his experience as a career prosecutor. Maillaro touted his experience as a career prosecutor. And while Padden said she has enough trial experience to oversee attorneys in the office, she said the district would benefit from someone in the top spot who hasn’t spent their whole career as a district attorney. He said the actions of everyone in the office shouldn’t be lumped together.“There are 220 people in that office, and I don’t agree with every one of them. Democrats Amy Padden and Matt Maillaro are both vying to become the Democratic nominee for district attorney in the 18th judicial district, which covers Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties. “She has received the backing of Democrats and progressives across Colorado, as well as national criminal justice reformers.”Padden, who most recently worked as a deputy district attorney in the 5th judicial district under Democratic DA Bruce Brown, has also touted endorsements from U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, the majority of the Aurora Public Schools board of education, and a bevy of current and former state lawmakers. Bill Ritter, a Democrat.Padden and Maillaro opened the debate by mentioning the current protests over a police officer’s killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and outrage over the historical insulation of officers from prosecution for brutality.Maillaro touted his ability to work with police leaders while also overseeing the prosecution of officers when necessary. Maillaro and Padden both said they support approaches that reduce “collateral consequences” to immigration status, which Buckley pointed out defense attorneys say isn’t the common approach during Brauchler’s tenure.“When we try to say, for example, that somebody who’s not documented should be treated the same way as somebody who is, the problem is, when you say that you’re looking at a certain type of facts and giving a certain type of offer without really considering who that person is in front of you,” Maillaro said.Padden said she believes diversion programs are one way to allow noncitizens to avoid deportation if they are charged with crimes.To persuade the audience she has enough relevant experience to supervise deputy district attorneys, Padden talked about her background trying several cases as an assistant U.S. attorney and in the state Attorney General’s Office, such as cross-examining Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols. Amy Padden and Matt Maillaro faced off June 2 in a Zoom debate to convince voters they’re the best choice in the June 30 Democratic primary.

Padden, who currently lives in Aurora, is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center. Faith Winter, Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet from the statehouse and U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter. Maillaro is in a primary against Democrat Amy Padden, a prosecutor who ran last year for attorney general. And I’ve been building relationships in the community not just through my paid job, but through volunteer work and from other avenues.”Padden and Maillaro mostly stayed away from directly criticizing each other. Bill Ritter, and a smattering of Colorado law enforcement officials, including Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown.Maillaro, a Centennial resident, holds a law degree from the University of Denver College of Law. “Amy Padden is a true progressive, running on a Criminal Justice reform platform, including combating mass incarceration, prosecuting hate crimes and police misconduct, and protecting immigrant communities,” Sanders wrote in a Medium post. And while Padden said she has enough trial experience to oversee attorneys in the office, she said the district would benefit from someone in the top spot who hasn’t spent their whole career as a … © 2019 Sentinel Colorado. Padden has loaned herself $80,000, and Maillaro has inked himself a check for $50,000.But Maillaro has spent far more than anyone else in the race, reporting about $111,000 in expenditures as of last week. But neither of the two candidates vying to replace current DA Dave Young, Democrat Brian Mason and Republican Tim McCormack, face primary challengers. She made an unsuccessful run for Colorado’s Democratic attorney general nomination in 2018.Maillaro, an assistant district attorney in the 18th, has picked up endorsements including state Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg and former Gov. “We need to look at the data that exists and look at the trends that we’ve seen in prosecution … and see how race has factored into that.”Notably, on its first day back from a two-month recess because of the coronavirus pandemic, Colorado’s legislature killed a bill that would have required district attorneys to collect demographic and charging data about defendants.The two candidates are vying for a run at replacing Republican DA George Brauchler, who is term limited.

The 18th District covers Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln Counties.Padden is a former Colorado assistant attorney general and partner at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell. Frankly, I don’t know what most of their politics are, because that’s not what we ask about when we do this work for the community,” Maillaro said. Padden is a deputy district attorney in the 5th Judicial District, which covers Clear Creek, Summit, Eagle and Lake Counties along the …