Rogel Aguilera-Mederos.Photo: Denver Police
More than 4 million people havesigned a petitionon Change.org asking Colorado Governor Jared Polis to grant clemency or commute truck driver Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos' prison sentence.
The 26-year-old Cuban immigrant was sentenced to 110 years in jail on Monday, two months after a jury found him guilty on 27 criminal counts — including vehicular manslaughter — for his involvement in a 2019 crash on I-70 in Lakewood thatleft four people dead.
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A spokesperson for Change.Org told FOX 31 that the petition supporting Aguilera-Mederos is the site’sfastest-growing petition of the year.
Governor Polis' office said in a statement Wednesday that they “are aware of this issue,” per the outlet.
Domingo Garcia, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), told ABC7 that the organization has sent a letter to Gov. Polisasking for a pardonor reduced sentencing on behalf of Aguilera-Mederos.
Garcia also said LULAC is looking into whether the Jefferson County district attorneyabused her authority— and may file charges with the Colorado Bar Association.
“The injustice in this case is so egregious,” he told the station.
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“If I had the discretion, if I thought I had the discretion, I would not run those sentences consecutively,” Jones said at the time. “I accept and respect what the defendant has said about his lack of intent to hurt people, but he made a series of terrible decisions, reckless decisions.”
Prior to the sentencing,one of the victims' daughterstold Judge Jones, per FOX 31, “I know I don’t get to have my dad for the rest of my life, but I hope that the defendant’s son can have his dad for the rest of his life.”
According to News 9, judges are allowed torevisit sentencesafter 119 days under Colorado’s mandatory minimum sentencing laws.
source: people.com
