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Colorado governor slashes trucker's prison term to 10 years

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DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his original 110-year

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  1. The Hill

    Colorado truck driver sentenced to 110 years tries to reduce prison term (opens The Hill)

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    A Colorado judge set a hearing date to reconsider the 110-year sentence for a truck driver involved in a fatal accident in 2019.

  2. NWI Times

    Colorado governor slashes trucker's prison term to 10 years (opens NWI Times)

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    DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his original 110-year

  3. Fox32 Chicago

    Truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos granted clemency by Colorado governor after 110-year prison sentence (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly explosive crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his original 110-year term that drew widespread outrage.

  4. Berkshire Eagle

    Colorado governor shortens trucker's prison term to 10 years (opens Berkshire Eagle)

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    DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his original 110-year term

  5. NBC Los Angeles

    Colorado Gov. Reduces Trucker's 110-Year Prison Sentence to 10 Years (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday reduced the prison sentence of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, the truck driver sentenced to 110 years for an explosive crash that killed four people in suburban Denver, to a 10-year sentence. “Mr.

  6. Washington Times

    Colorado governor shortens trucker’s 110-year prison sentence to 10 years (opens Washington Times)

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    Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his original 110-year term that drew widespread outrage.

  7. WMUR

    Colorado governor reduces sentence of truck driver who was given 110 years in fatal crash (opens WMUR)

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    "The length of your 110-year sentence is simply not commensurate with your actions, nor with penalties handed down to others for similar crimes," the Colorado governor wrote in the clemency letter.

  8. News West 9

    Colorado governor reduces sentence for Houston truck driver involved in deadly crash to 10 years (opens News West 9)

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    Colorado Gov. Jared Polis used his power to change the sentence after Aguilera-Mederos applied for clemency.

  9. NBC News

    Truck driver's sentence reduced from 110 years to 10 by Colorado governor in fatal crash (opens NBC News)

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    Colorado Gov.

  10. The Guardian

    Colorado trucker’s 110-year sentence reduced to 10 years after outcry (opens The Guardian)

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    The governor commuted Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’s sentence and the 26-year-old will be eligible for parole in five years

  11. The Hill

    Colorado governor cuts 100 years off sentence for truck driver in fatal crash (opens The Hill)

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    Colorado Gov.

  12. New York Times

    Colorado Trucker’s Prison Sentence Is Reduced by 100 Years (opens New York Times)

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    Gov. Jared Polis said the initial prison sentence given to the driver, Rogel L. Aguilera-Mederos, was “unjust” and “disproportionate” compared with sentences for violent crimes.

  13. Valdosta Daily Times

    Colorado governor shortens prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly crash to 10 years (opens Valdosta Daily Times)

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    DENVER (AP) — Colorado governor shortens prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly crash to 10 years.

  14. France 24

    Truck driver's 110-year sentence reduced after US outcry (opens France 24)

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    A truck driver whose 110 year sentence over a deadly crash sparked outrage had his jail term reduced to ten years on Thursday.

  15. Fox News

    Colorado governor commutes trucker's 110-year sentence to 10 after public outrage (opens Fox News)

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    A truck driver convicted in connection with a deadly 2019 car pileup on a Colorado freeway had his lengthy sentence significantly reduced Thursday by more than 100 years after Gov. Jared Polis commuted punishment in a case that has put sentencing guidelines under a microscope.

  16. Al Jazeera

    US’s Colorado governor slashes trucker’s sentence by 100 years (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    A petition in support of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos has more than 5 million signatures, calling for clemency for the driver.

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