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-Land of the Free
Brother Of I-70 Crash Victim Blasts Gov. Jared Polis For Reducing Sentence For Rogel Aguilera-Mederos
2022-01-02
[DENVER.CBSLOCAL] The brother of one of the victims killed in a fiery
...a single two-syllable word carrying connotations of both incoherence and viciousness. A fiery delivery implies an audience of rubes and yokels, preferably forming up into a mob...
 crash on Interstate 70 is blasting Gov. Jared Polis for reducing the sentence of the truck driver convicted of causing four deaths. Polis commuted the sentence for Rogel Aguilera-Mederos to 10 years in prison, shaving 100 years off the original sentence. Duane Bailey, who lost his brother William "Bill" Bailey in the crash, called Polis a "despicable human being."

"As far as I’m concerned, [Polis] undermined the integrity of the courts," Duane Bailey told CBS4 on Saturday morning.

The clemency was announced Thursday, during the height of mass evacuations prompted by the Marshall Fire. Duane Bailey took issue with the sentence reduction — and the timing of the announcement. A reconsideration hearing had previously been set for Jan. 13.

The crash killed Miguel Angel Lamas Arellano, 24; William Bailey, 67; Doyle Harrison, 61; and Stanley Politano, 69.

"The governor has decided political and social media pressure is more important than the victims of this crash," Duane Bailey stated.

More than five million people signed an online petition to reduce the driver’s 110-year sentence. The movement made headlines nationwide and caught the attention of celebrity activist Kim Kardashian West, who called on Polis to take action — and then praised his decision.
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Posted by:Fred

#1  Hard cases make bad law. The "mandatory" part of the sentencing rubbed many the wrong way, and not just on the left. That said, if every case is to be second-guessed by social media, and that second-guessing rubber-stamped by timorous governors, we are in for a "men (and lots of stupid young kids and box wine aunties) not law" era in this country, such as it is tending towards being.

Also, if the driver had been "Tom Smith from Arkansas," he'd be doing the max and Kim Kardashian wouldn't care.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-01-02 09:38  

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