Colorado governor lowers 110-year sentence of truck driver in vehicular homicide case

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Dec 30, 2021
Colorado's governor commuted the 110-year sentence of a 26-year-old truck driver convicted of vehicular homicide for a 2019 crash, reducing the prison term to 10 years after prosecutors went back to court in a rare move seeking leniency in the case https://reut.rs/3JvaJO4

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In a commutation letter to 26-year-old truck driver Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, Colorado's governor said the fiery crash along a mountain highway that killed four motorists in April 2019 was a 'tragic but unintentional act.

Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos appears in a Lakewood Police booking photo after he was arrested for suspicion of multiple counts of vehicular homicide following a crash on the I-70 in Lakewood, Colorado, U.S. April 26, 2019. Lakewood Police Department/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo

Colorado governor lowers 110-year sentence of truck driver in vehicular homicide case
Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Thursday commuted the 110-year sentence of a truck driver convicted of vehicular homicide, reducing the prison term to 10 years after prosecutors went back to court...
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DENVER, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Thursday commuted the 110-year sentence of a truck driver convicted of vehicular homicide, reducing the prison term to 10 years after prosecutors went back to court this week in a rare move seeking leniency.

In a commutation letter to the Cuban-born trucker, Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, 26, the governor said the fiery crash along a mountain highway that killed four motorists in April 2019 was a "tragic but unintentional act."

“While you are not blameless, your sentence is disproportionate compared with many other inmates in our criminal justice system who committed intentional, premeditated, or violent crimes,” the letter said.

Aguilera-Mederos, whose case garnered national attention with nearly 5 million people signing an online petition calling for clemency, will now be eligible for parole in five years, the governor said.

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[Skittles]

1. this seems fair to me

although I wish he had taken advantage of the runaway truck ramp

[VarryOn]

2. The more I learn about Gov. Polis...

The more I like him. I wonder if he has higher political aspirations. I’ve always had a bias for governors as presidential candidates. Major executive experience that comes closest to mirroring the job as president. Plus, they come from outside DC.

[Bucky]

4. Carter, Reagan, Clinton, Dubya

It's a mixed bag

[gopiscrap]

3. good