DAs call Polis’ reduction of trucker’s 110-year sentence “premature and unwarranted,” say it’s having “substantial ripple effect” By Shelly Bradbury January 25, 2022 at 6:19 p.m. Gov. Jared Polis’ decision to abruptly reduce the 110-year prison sentence for the truck driver...
Guest commentary: Colorado deserves real progress on sentencing reform By Michael Dougherty January 14, 2022 at 11:06 a.m. Colorado’s criminal sentencing laws are outdated and ineffective. A pervasive lack of certainty and transparency...
Judge scolds Gov. Jared Polis over commutation of trucker’s 110-year sentence By Shelly Bradbury January 5, 2022 at 4:19 p.m. The judge who presided over the trial of truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos on Tuesday took...
Judge to reconsider 110-year sentence for I-70 truck driver who killed four in crash By Shelly Bradbury December 27, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. The truck driver who was sentenced to 110 years in prison after he killed four...
Jeffco DA to ask judge to reduce Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’ sentence to 20-30 years in fatal I-70 crash By Alex Burness December 23, 2021 at 6:44 p.m. First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King says she will seek a dramatic reduction in the...
PHOTOS: Rally calling for clemency, reform for I-70 trucker sentenced to 110 years in prison in fatal crash By Helen H. Richardson December 22, 2021 at 3:11 p.m. About 100 people rallied at the Colorado State Capitol on Wednesday in support of Rogel...
Calls for clemency, reform at rally for I-70 trucker sentenced to 110 years in prison in fatal crash By Shelly Bradbury December 22, 2021 at 5:17 p.m. About 100 people rallied at the Colorado State Capitol building Wednesday in support of clemency...
DA starts process to reduce 110-year sentence for I-70 truck driver who killed 4 By Shelly Bradbury December 22, 2021 at 9:17 p.m. First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King on Friday started a process to potentially reduce the...
Prosecutors in I-70 trucker trial exchanged semitrailer brake shoe as “memento” By Shelly Bradbury December 22, 2021 at 7:02 p.m. The two deputy district attorneys who prosecuted the trucker sentenced last week to 110 years...
Denver march planned in hopes of changing sentence of trucker who caused fatal I-70 crash By Jakob Shapiro December 22, 2021 at 7:04 p.m. A Facebook event has been set up for a downtown march in support of Rogel...