DENVER, Colorado -- A Colorado district attorney is asking a judge to reduce the sentence for Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, a Houston trucker convicted in an interstate wreck that killed four people, from 110 years to 20-30 years.
"Given that the victims in this case have more than one view of an appropriate outcome, and this trial court heard the evidence presented, we believe that this hearing is the best path to securing justice for everyone involved."Defense lawyer James Colgan told CNN's Kaitlan Collins he expects the 11 a.m. Monday hearing to be procedural.
Aguilera-Mederos, 26, was found guilty in October of four counts of vehicular homicide and 23 other charges, including six counts of assault in the first degree - extreme indifference; 10 counts of attempt to commit assault in the first degree - extreme indifference; two counts of vehicular assault - reckless; one count of reckless driving; and four counts of careless driving causing death.At the sentencing earlier this month, Colorado District Court Judge A.
The sentence drew immediate criticism, and an online petition urging Gov. Jared Polis to reduce Aguilera-Mederos' sentence or grant clemency has gotten more than 4.7 million signatures.
Lower. Go back and try again.
Damn y’all messed his life up! Smh
KYLE R*TTENHOUSE IS A FREE MAN !!!! MAKE IT MAKE SENSE !
That’s still too damn long!
That's TOO MUCH! It. was. an. accident.
Free the man!!!!
No jail time! Send him home! It was an accident, he didn’t want to kill anyone! That wasn’t his intention. Can I speak with the judge please?! No jail time!
No jail time.
He should escape i will support that
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That’s too much! He made a mistake it wasn’t because he was texting or drunk.
Wow just wow
Still too long for an accident. But if that accident was preventable my hands are tired.
85 miles an hour and driving reckless. Was it proven that his brakes failed.
It shouldn’t even be 20-30 years.
That’s still an unjust sentence. It should be time served & probation
He should be at home with his family
Still WAY too much for an accident.
Nah man that shit is way too much too.
thatt3slaguy These numbers are just bizarre to Europeans, no matter what.
Still long for an accident
He's only guilty of surviving a collision. If he had died in the crash with the others, he'd be called a victim.
Nope still too long for a truck with faulty brakes.
1) he was negligent and missed 3 emergency turn off 2) people died 3) 110 years for negligent driving is off. Child molestors who kill kids get less. 4) I can see his panic going those speeds 5) he's not a evil, just made really dumb choices 6) he should serve lower sentence time
20-30 years is a lot
20 -30 years? That's still crazy for a damn accident?! What are you proving? What's the case for keeping this man behind bars for 20 years? Ridiculous!
Nah give that foo 80 years
We get it, he's a modern day Mandela. 😡
20-30 is still way to long
That’s still a ridiculous sentence
Nobody learn anything , speeding only saves you 5 seconds or 1 min vs jail time. I prefer to drive and give eveyonr their way because these same people who continue to speed will one day meet the same fate.
Just drop the charges. It was an accident!
I say 40 years ! . He will be about 70 ! 10 years for each person he killed !
Ridiculous!! Would you give that time to your KID Ya f he were involved in an ACCIDENT Yes or NO ?
Was the driver drunk or high? That is a heavy sentence 😳
aun asi se pasan de vergas, y todo por que no es huero.😡😡 puto juez de mierda.
Wasnt it determined to BE AN ACCIDENT?
20-30 years?! This system broken and bad
20-30 years? That’s still a long time. I say give him the same amount of time this kid got.
20-30? Wow, too bad he didn’t live in North Central Indiana. They only gave a the young lady, about the same age as he, 4 years for willfully disregarding a stopped bus and plowing into 4 young children, killing 3. I guess CO has tougher laws….🤷♂️
Do the crime…do the time. He should about being more careful on the road BEFORE driving recklessly 🙄🤷♀️
Not enough. Drop the charges.
I’ve seen gang members get less time
I wonder if those who want his sentence reduced, would feel the sane way if their family members were the ones killed. He needs to take responsibility for his actions, inactions, lies and disregard of other road users, he deserves all the sentence he received.
5-10 yrs
Doing that much time, might as well leave it at 110
Average years is 8- 10 years for killing a person = 40 years total but it will be less , 20 + years total for killing 4 people , good behavior, but I do not see him getting 20+ ,he probably will get 30+✅✌🏻
It’s to bad the ppl who perished couldn’t live 20-30 years longer.
Let’s set up a GoFundMe to pay someone to dig a tunnel to his cell.
How about 0 years, wtf is wrong with this country?
Just give him 10-15 years and call it a day. Why is this still news?
20-30 is not what is ideal. But it’s a good deal as long as it takes into consideration, time served…it’s considered day and night (1 day is considered 2 days) and has potential for early release due to good behavior/parole.
That’s still too much how about u just free him y’all just want money and him off the streets just say that
This isn’t Justice DropTheCharges
Even that's to High it was a Accident it wasn't intentional he was unexpierenced 🤬😡
How about time served and allow this young man to live his life. He's not a danger to society. Equipment malfunction shouldn't result in a life sentence.
The guy is a coward but no coward should get 110 years for this.
40
It shouldnt be that much either.
Still to long for an accident
How about no years ?
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