Thursday, December 23, 2021

110 years for an accident

Faith — Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was driving a semi-truck when his vehicle's brakes failed. He lost control and crashed into several cars in front of him, tragically killing four people. For that, a judge gave Rogel the minimum sentence: 110 years in prison. Most of the victims' families didn't want that many years—some offered forgiveness. Even the judge said he wished he didn't have to hand down such a harsh sentence. Sign the petition to ask Governor Polis to grant him clemency.

Offer commutation as time served, or grant clemency to Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, 23

4,776,565 have signed Heather Gilbee's petition. Let's get to 6,000,000!

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We all know of the crash that happened on I-70 in Denver, Colorado. Most of us have heard facts in the case. Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, 23 has nothing on his driving record, or on his criminal history. He had complied with every single request by the Jefferson County courts, and investigators on the case. Hes passed all of the drug and alcohol tests that were given including a chemical test. This accident was not intentional, nor was it a criminal act on the drivers part. No one but the trucking company he is/was employed by should be held accountable for this accident. No, we are not trying to make it seem any less of a tragic accident that it is because yes, lives were lost. We are trying to hold the person who needs to be held responsible, responsible. The trucking company has had several inspections since 2017, with several mechanical violations.  There are many things Rogel could have done to avoid the courts, but he took responsibility showed up and severely apologized to the victims families. Some of the families even offered Forgiveness. Rogel is not a criminal, the company he was working for knew the federal laws that go into truck driving but they failed to follow those laws. Rogel has said several times that he wishes he had the courage to crash and take his own life that day, this tragic accident wasn't done with Intent, it wasnt a criminal act, it was an accident. Since he has been sentenced, i have changed this to granting Rogel clemency or commutation-as time served. 

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