After millions signed a petition, Colorado's governor plans to lower the 110-year sentence for truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos to just 10 years.
"Your honor, I don't know why I'm alive." The Houston truck driver spoke emotionally in court as he was sentenced for a fiery crash that killed four people.
Legal experts say because Colorado did away with the death penalty, life in prison is the harshest punishment possible. In imposing the sentence, District Court Judge Bruce Jones said it was the mandatory minimum term set forth under state law - and suggested a lesser punishment was warranted. Mandatory minimum sentencing laws required that sentences on 27 counts of vehicular assault, assault, reckless driving and other charges run consecutively.The change.
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