On Monday, a Colorado district attorney urged a judge to consider reducing a truck driver's 110-year jail sentence for an explosive crash in suburban Denver that killed four people.
Prosecutors and attorneys for Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, 26, were in court on Monday morning for a status hearing, during which a re-sentencing hearing was scheduled for Jan. 13, 2022, to discuss the possible sentence adjustment. The 110-year sentence has sparked indignation across the country, particularly among truckers, with over 5 million people joining an online petition to grant him clemency.
"As the jury found, Mr. Aguilera-Mederos knowingly made multiple active choices that resulted in the death of four people, serious injuries to others, and mass destruction," King said. On April 25, 2019, Aguilera-Mederos was hauling lumber when his semitrailer's brakes failed as he was descending a high grade on Interstate 70 in the Rocky Mountain foothills. His truck slammed into vehicles that had stopped due to another accident, causing a chain reaction that destroyed vehicles and melted portions of the highway.
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