What role did a 2024 Colorado law play in the release of Ephraim Debisa from Weld County’s jail?

What role did a 2024 Colorado law play in the release of Ephraim Debisa from Weld County’s jail?

Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams and District Attorney Michael Rourke drew national attention this month with viral claims that a dangerous man was set free from jail because of a 2024 change to Colorado’s mental competency laws — but reality is more complicated than the officials’ soundbites, experts said. The 21-year-old cognitively impaired man’s release — and subsequent new arrest this week for allegedly carrying a gun on a college campus — h…