Gov. Jared Polis has commuted the sentence of the truck driver who in 2019 crashed into traffic on Interstate 70, killing four people. Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos will serve 10 years in prison instead of his original sentence of 110. CPRNews
In his letter to Aguilera-Mederos, Polis reminded him of the seriousness of the crime, but said he considered the 110-year sentence"disproportionate."
Polis also referred to the remorse shown by Aguilera-Mederos as he tried to find a just punishment for the crime. Polis, who has the constitutional authority to grant pardons, clemency and commutations, inserted himself into the case even as a Jefferson County District Court judge planned a hearing to reconsider the sentence. District Attorney Alexis King said previously she would ask the court to resentence Aguilera-Mederos to 20 to 30 years in prison. The judge asked for briefs to be filed in the case by Jan. 10.
"We are disappointed in the Governor's decision to act prematurely," King wrote."I joined the surviving victims and families of those who lost their loved ones in their wish to have the trial judge determine an appropriate sentence in this case, as he heard the facts and evidence of the defendant's destructive conduct that led to death, injury, and devastating destruction.
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