Editing Nathan Dunlap (section)

==Aftermath==
On May 17, 1996, after being found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder as well as additional counts of attempted murder, robbery and burglary, Nathan Dunlap was sentenced to death. What followed was a three-minute long rant filled with expletives in the court room.

Dunlap was expected to be executed in mid-August of 2013, nearly twenty years after the killings. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper decided to postpone the execution. It is unlikely that Dunlap will be put to death as long as Hickenlooper is in office. Today, Nathan Dunlap remains on death row.

On November 6, 2018, Jared Polis was elected as Governor of Colorado. During the campaign, Polis said he intends to sign a bill repealing the death penalty in Colorado. Regarding the Dunlap case, Polis said he had no problem following the current law, and that he didn't think it was appropriate to comment on a specific case during a campaign, before actually becoming governor and reviewing the case to make an informed decision.

On March 23rd, 2020, the death penalty was abolished when Governor Polis signed the bill that abolished it, and Nathan Dunlap's death sentence was commuted to life without Parole, alongside two other men that were on death row.