Colorado Gov. Reduces Trucker's 110-Year Prison Sentence to 10 Years

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis connected Thursday reduced the situation condemnation of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, the motortruck operator sentenced to 110 years for an explosive clang that killed 4 radical successful suburban Denver, to a 10-year sentence.

"Mr. Aguilera-Mederos' condemnation is reduced to 10 years," the Colorado governor's bureau said successful a statement.

The commutation for Aguilera-Mederos was portion of 3 commutations, 15 pardons and an enforcement bid granting pardons for 1,351 convictions of possession of 2 ounces oregon little of marijuana.

Aguilera-Mederos testified that helium was hauling lumber erstwhile the brakes connected his semitrailer failed arsenic helium was descending a steep people of Interstate 70 successful the Rocky Mountain foothills connected April 25, 2019. His motortruck plowed into vehicles that had slowed due to the fact that of different wreck, mounting disconnected a chain-reaction wreck and a fireball that consumed vehicles and melted parts of the highway.

He wept arsenic helium apologized to the victims’ families astatine his Dec. 13 sentencing.

"When I look astatine my charges, we are talking astir a murderer, which is not me,” helium said. “I person ne'er thought astir hurting anybody successful my full life.”

Prosecutors argued helium should person utilized a runaway ramp designed for specified situations. Aguilera-Mederos, for his part, said helium was struggling to debar postulation and trying to displacement to dilatory down.

The clang killed 24-year-old Miguel Angel Lamas Arellano, 67-year-old William Bailey, 61-year-old Doyle Harrison and 69-year-old Stanley Politano. Relatives of victims supported astatine slightest immoderate situation clip astatine his sentencing hearing.

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