Politics & Government
‘Unprecedented': DAs Criticize Polis For Commuting Aguilera-Mederos' Sentence
The truck driver caused a crash killing four people in Lakewood. He was convicted of 27 counts, including vehicular homicide.
By Anica Padilla, CBS Denver:
(CBS4) — Two district attorneys in Colorado are criticizing the governor’s decision to commute the sentence of a truck driver who caused a crash that killed four people and injured several others in Lakewood in 2019. Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was convicted of 27 counts, including vehicular homicide. Judge Bruce Jones sentenced him to 110 years in prison, citing minimum requirements under the law, but had agreed to hold a hearing to reconsider the sentence.
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Polis announced the commutation on Dec. 30, 2021 — two weeks ahead of the reconsideration hearing the judge had scheduled for Jan. 13, 2022. Polis reduced the sentence to 10 years — making Aguilera-Mederos eligible for parole in five years.
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