{"id":20807,"date":"2022-01-01T03:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T08:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20807"},"modified":"2022-01-01T03:29:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T08:29:36","slug":"rogel-aguilera-mederos-colorado-truck-drivers-sentence-cut-by-100-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/01\/01\/rogel-aguilera-mederos-colorado-truck-drivers-sentence-cut-by-100-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogel Aguilera-Mederos: Colorado truck driver’s sentence cut by 100 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A truck driver who was facing a 110-year jail term for a deadly crash has had his sentence reduced to 10 years, following widespread outcry.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’ lorry crashed into traffic in 2019, killing four people in the US state of Colorado.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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At trial he was convicted on 27 counts, and the judge said state law forced him to impose the lengthy sentence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But on Thursday, Colorado Governor Jared Polis commuted what he called an “unjust” sentence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Aguilera-Mederos was transporting timber in the Rocky Mountains foothills when the deadly crash happened in April 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The lorry careered downhill into stationary traffic, bursting into flames and causing a major pile up in the city of Lakewood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Four people – Stanley Politano, 69, William Bailey, 67, Doyle Harrison, 61, and Miguel Angel Lamas Arellano, 24 – were killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Aguilera-Mederos, a Cuban immigrant, told officials that his brakes had failed, and that he had tried his best to avoid other vehicles as he lost control of the truck.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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