After Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was sentenced to 110 years for a deadly pileup that injured 70 and killed four, a Colorado district attorney asked a judge to reconsider the over a century stay behind bars.  

The sentence drew the ire of social media, leading to an online petition demanding Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to reduce Aguilera-Mederos’. The petition has received more than 4.7 million signatures on Change.org.  

Aguilera-Mederos, 26, was found guilty on a slew of charges in October. He was found guilty on four counts of vehicular homicide and 23 other charges, including six counts of assault in the first degree, 10 counts of attempt to commit assault in the first degree, two counts of vehicular assault, one count of reckless driving, and four counts of careless driving causing death.  

He was driving 85 mph in a semi-tractor-trailer in April 2019. The tractor-trailer’s brakes failed, leading to a large fire in a 28-car pileup on the interstate.  

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First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King was the DA who filed the motion asking the court to think over and reexamine Aguilera’s sentence.  

“On December 13, we requested the minimum sentence allowed by law and discussed with the court the statutory procedure permitting the court to reconsider its sentence in an exceptional case involving unusual and extenuating circumstances,” King said Wednesday in a statement.  

The judge in the case, A. Bruce Jones, was not in favor of the sentence. 

“I will state that if I had the discretion, it would not be my sentence,” Jones said Monday, stating that Colorado law requires Aguilera-Mederos to serve some of his sentences consecutively instead of concurrently. 

Kind added that reconsidering the sentence would not overturn Aguilera-Mederos’ conviction due to the strong evidence in the case.  

“It simply allows the court greater flexibility than at initial sentencing,” she said in the statement. “When my team and I spoke to the surviving victims and families of those who lost their lives about the possibility of resentencing, it was their specific desire to be heard in this process.” 

However, Leonard Martinez, one of Aguilera-Mederos’ attorneys, said the sentence is too long.  

“I’m excited that, at least for now, that there’s options open for my client, and we’re going to look at every option available to help this kid get his sentence reduced,” Martinez said. 

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