Kim Kardashian thanks Colorado for reducing truck driver’s sentence

Kim Kardashian
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Michael Howie31 December 2021

Kim Kardashian has thanked the Governor of Colorado for drastically reducing the 110-year prison sentence given to a 26-year-old truck driver in the US.

The reality star said the case of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was a “clear example” of why mandatory minimum sentences should be abolished.

Aguilera-Mederos was given the lengthy sentence for vehicular homicide, following an accident that killed four people in Colorado in 2019.

This was reduced by Governor Jared Polis to 10 years on Thursday.

“Thank you to @govofco for taking action to reduce Mr Aguilera-Mederos sentence!” Kardashian wrote on her Instagram story.

Kim Kardashian/Instagram

“While his new sentence is ten years, he will now have an opportunity to come home in five years and be with his son and wife.

“This case was a clear example of why mandatory minimums don't work and need to be abolished.

“I’m grateful to Governor Polis for his empathy and leadership on this case.”

The 41-year-old recently passed the "baby bar" on her fourth attempt as part of her law apprenticeship.

She added that further decisions by Governor Polis to grant 1,351 pardons for convictions for marijuana possession were “the right thing to do”.

“I LOVE THIS! Considering marijuana is now legal in Colorado,” she said.

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