{"id":1183935,"date":"2022-01-03T15:04:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T20:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1183935"},"modified":"2022-01-03T15:05:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T20:05:12","slug":"brother-of-man-killed-in-colorado-crash-furious-with-gov-polis-for-commuting-truck-drivers-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brother-of-man-killed-in-colorado-crash-furious-with-gov-polis-for-commuting-truck-drivers-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Brother Of Man Killed In Colorado Crash Furious With Gov. Polis For Commuting Truck Driver\u2019s Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrother-of-man-killed-in-colorado-crash-furious-with-gov-polis-for-commuting-truck-drivers-sentence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1183935&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Millions signed a petition imploring Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) to commute Rogel Aguilera-Mederos\u2019 110-year sentence for a 2019 crash that killed four people. Polis agreed, but at least one person is not happy about his decision: The brother of one of the car crash victims.<\/p>\n<p>CBS Denver <a href=\"https:\/\/denver.cbslocal.com\/2022\/01\/01\/brother-interstate-70-crash-victim-blasts-gov-jared-polis-reducing-sentence-rogel-aguilera-mederos\/\">reported<\/a> that Duane Bailey, whose brother William \u201cBill\u201d Bailey died in the crash caused by Aguilera-Mederos, called Polis a \u201cdespicable human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, [Polis] undermined the integrity of the courts,\u201d Bailey told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe governor has decided political and social media pressure is more important than the victims of this crash,\u201d the grieving brother added.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/colorado-governor-reduces-110-year-sentence-for-truck-driver-who-killed-four\">reported<\/a>, Aguilera-Mederos maintains that his brakes failed on a downhill grade outside Denver, causing him to fatally strike four people. During his trial, prosecutors argued that Aguilera-Mederos acted recklessly in his decisions prior to the deadly crash.<\/p>\n<p>Aguilera-Mederos was traveling an estimated 85 mph on a stretch of road with a 45 mph speed limit for commercial vehicles. He was sentenced to 110 years in prison for a 28-car crash and fire caused by his failed breaks.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey disagrees with the claim that the crash was an accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was not an accident, it was a series decisions on the part of the driver that caused [four] deaths,\u201d he said. \u201cThe jury heard the evidence and convicted him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A resentencing hearing had been scheduled before Polis commuted Aguilera-Mederos\u2019 sentence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe governor put himself above the law by not letting the court proceedings finish out. There was a hearing scheduled on January 13th to reconsider his sentence. The governor should have let that hearing take place,\u201d Bailey said, according to CBS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn top of that [Polis] made the announcement when he knew people would be focused on the tragic fires. So In a way he also took advantage of them to provide coverage so he could announce this without much news coverage,\u201d Bailey continued. \u201cYou all should be upset about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou also have to realize [Aguilera-Mederos] will not spend the entire 10 years the governor put his sentence at. He could get out in as little as 5 years,\u201d he added. \u201cWould your brother\u2019s life be adequately compensated if he spent 1 1\/4 years per death in prison?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polis wrote in a letter to Aguilera-Mederos that, \u201c\u201cWhile 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a tragic event that affected many Coloradans,\u201d Polis wrote. \u201cThough your actions have caused immense pain, I am encouraged by your personal reflection and the commercial vehicle safety changes that were made in the wake of this tragedy to ensure this type of event never happens again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions signed a petition imploring Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) to commute Rogel Aguilera-Mederos\u2019 110-year sentence for a 2019 crash that killed four people. Polis agreed, but at least one person is not happy about his decision: The brother of one of the car crash victims. CBS Denver reported that Duane Bailey, whose brother William \u201cBill\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1183935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}