Colorado governor reduces truck driver’s sentence to 10 years

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis agreed Thursday to reduce the sentence of truck driver Rogel L. Aguilera-Mederos to 10 years, with parole eligibility scheduled in five years on Dec. 30, 2026.

Aguilera-Mederos had been given a 110-year prison sentence after being found guilty in October of four counts of vehicular homicide and 23 other charges stemming from his involvement in a 2019 accident. 

“The clemency power is reserved for only the most unique and deserving cases,” Gov. Polis wrote in a letter to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/colorado-governor-reduces-truck-drivers-sentence-to-10-years

Leave a Comment