Tag:Rogel Aguilera-Mederos

The co-chair of a sentencing reform task force told lawmakers a bill to overhaul felony sentencing laws might not be ready until 2023.

The 2022 legislative session is likely to bring criminal justice-related bills on fentanyl, witness intimidation and youth interrogations.

Gov. Jared Polis commutes Rogel Aguilera-Mederos' sentence to 10 years and grants parole eligibility on Dec. 30, 2026.

Gov. Jared Polis announced on Dec. 30 that he has granted three commutations, 15 individual pardons and signed an Executive Order granting 1,351 pardons for convictions of possession of two ounces or less of marijuana. 

Lawmakers criticized Colorado's mandatory sentencing and hope to pass reforms in the upcoming legislative session.

The LULAC National President Domingo Garcia met with Gov. Jared Polis to discuss the clemency in the case of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos.