US Judge to consider reducing 110-year sentence handed to trucker for fatal crash

District Court Judge Bruce Jones imposed the 110-year sentence against Aguilera-Mederos on December 13 after finding it was the mandatory minimum term set forth under state law

Protesters demand clemency for jailed trucker Rogel Aguilera-Mederos. Picture: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP

A judge on Monday was set to consider a request from prosecutors to reduce the 110-year prison sentence of a truck driver for a crash that killed four people in suburban Denver.

The sentence given to Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, 26, has drawn outrage from around the country and among truckers, with about five million people signing an online petition seeking clemency for him.