Rogel Aguilera-Mederos a 26 year old truck driver was given a minimum sentence of 110 years in prison for an accidental crash in his semi-truck.
Rogel is getting charged for 4 counts of vehicular homicide and 23 other charges for the accident.
The messed up part of this whole thing is Rogel was driving a semi truck that wasn't his and the brakes malfunctioned, which is what caused the crash.
It seems like part of the reason the court and jury were so hard on him is because there is video evidence showing he passed a run-a-way truck ramp and should of stopped his truck there… but instead he ran into parked traffic.
However, Rogel said he passed the truck stop because he didn't realize his brakes were out.
Since Rogels sentencing, an online petition has been signed by more than 4 millions drivers for the Governor to reduce his sentence and truckers across Colorado plan to boycott driving in Colorado over the sentence.
Now this is obviously a terrible event and you have to feel bad for the people who lost their lives, and those who were injured in the accident.
It’s always terrible news when people pass away unexpectedly especially when it seems like it was an accident but this guy does not deserve 110 years.
4 million people signed the petition for a reason and the reason is because 110 years is cruel and unusual for an accident…
I feel like we have murders and rapist that serve less time than this and this 26 year old was simply working, trying to deliver goods, and his vehicle brakes gave out.
Yes he may have been able to use the run-a-way truck stop and he should have, but still 110 years… cut him some slack on that one.
