Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Thursday reduced the prison sentence of Rogel Aguilera-Medero, the truck driver who was convicted in a 2019 deadly crash, by a century, reducing from 110 years to 10 years. “After learning about the highly atypical and unjust sentence in your case, I am commuting your sentence to 10 years and granting you parole eligibility on December 30, 2026,” Polis wrote in a letter (pdf) to Aguilera-Medero. “You were sentenced to 110 years in prison, effectively more than a life sentence, for a tragic but unintentional act,” the Centennial State governor elaborated on his decision. “While you are not blameless, your sentence is disproportionate compared with many other inmates in our criminal justice system who committed intentional, premeditated, or violent crimes.” The decision on Aguilera-Mederos’s sentence was among several year-end commutations and pardons issued by Polis. A relative of Aguilera-Mederos’s attorney works in the governor’s office. “This …
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