Douglas Bruce, author of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for probation violations of a 2012 felony tax evasion conviction.

Bruce, 66, was remanded into custody in Denver. He was credited with 104 days of jail time, which he served in spring 2012.

“The court’s decision to incarcerate Mr. Bruce is justified and proper,” said Roger Hudson, a spokesman with the state attorney general’s office. “Mr. Bruce has demonstrated a propensity to flaunt the court’s orders and continues to ignore the rule of law. His decisions have consequences.”

At the time of his original conviction, Bruce called himself a political prisoner. When he left Denver’s downtown jail after serving 104 days, Bruce threatened to sue the city over what he called deplorable conditions.

Denver District Judge Sheila A. Rappaport also sentenced Bruce to three years of mandatory parole.

“I have no remorse because I’m not guilty,” Bruce told the judge Friday, according to The Gazette.

“I’m not going to mislead you by saying I’m sorry or I’ll never do it again because that’s not the case.”

Rappaport wrote in a Jan. 19 ruling on the probation violations that Bruce failed to report contacts with law enforcement and did not disclose certain financial dealings and tax documents as mandated.

“The probability of success on your probation is zero,” she told Bruce on Friday, according to The Gazette. “You were manipulative. You were deceitful. You lacked transparency, and you tried to make a charade of probation.”

State prosecutors laid out their probation violation allegations against Bruce during three hearings last year.

He proclaimed his innocence throughout the process and has maintained a website dedicated to his innocence.

Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822, knicholson@denverpost.com or @kierannicholson