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Because colorados mandatory minimum sentencing laws requires sentences for each of those counts to be served consecutively rather than concurrently, he is facing more than a century behind bars. his attorney calling for legal reforms. take a look. >> the law doesnt really distinguish between people like mr. maderos who is not a danger to society, and other people that are sentenced to life that are a danger to society. and i think the law needs to make those kind of exceptions, and understand th...

We have to do that now. >> reporter: moderos said he never intended to hurt anyone, the case parking international and national concern. nearly 5 million people signing a petition asking the governor to overturn the sentence, the office saying they are reviewing the clemency request. stay with cnn. well be right back. i lost 26 pounds and i feel incredible. with the new personalpoints program, i answer questions about my goals

Reforms. thats really what this is all about. we have to reform a system that is creating a situation where we are creating more victims of our justice system. we have to do that now. >> reporter: medeiros himself was emotional during this sentencing, saying that he never intended to hurt anyone. the case sparking international and national concern. nearly 5 million people signing a petition asking the colorado governor to reduce or overturn this sentence. his office telling cnn that he is curre...

Is creating a situation where we are creating more victims of our justice system. we have to do that now. >> reporter: he was emotional during the sentencing saying he did not intend to hurt anyone. this case sparked outrage both in the u.s. and abroad. nearly 5 million people signing a petition urging the colorado governor to either reduce or overturn the sentence, even kim kardashian got involved tweeting about the need to overhaul these laws. the governors office, the colorado governors offic...

Tweeting about this. the governors office says they are reviewing the clemency request, but we dont expect the governor to weigh in before the legal proceedings. >> lucy, thank you. well watch that closely. also developing at this hour, police expected to release today body camera video of a deadly police shooting that claimed the life of a 14-year-old girl, valentina orellana-peralta. she died after longs police officers opened fire on a suspect inside a department store. we do have breaking ...

Who is not a danger to society and other people that are sentenced to life that are a danger to society and i think the law needs to make those kind of exceptions and understand that there is a difference between mr. mederos and those other kinds of people. >> reporter: now this petition to change the sentencing from the prosecution came after the case sparked nationwide outrage. nearly 5 million signatures on a petition asking the colorado governor to reduce the sentence or to grant him clemenc...

>> reporter: this case sparking national outrage. nearly 5 million people signing a petition urging the colorado governor to either reduce his sentence or grant clemency. kim kardashian got involved tweeting about this calling for legal reforms. the governors office, meanwhile, saying the governors office is reviewing this clemency request. paula, laura, back to you. an accidental christmas day shooting has a 3-year-old child hospitalized this morning in asheville, north carolina. police say t...

Building has created a situation where a judge at their own discretion who doesnt want to issue a sentence has had to issue that sentence. what we hope to achieve is reforms. thats really what this is all about. we have to reform a system that is creating a situation where we are creating more victims of our justice system. we have to do that now. >> medeiros himself was very emotional during the sentencing saying he never intended to hurt anyone. there were nearly 5 million signatures asking co...

Building has created a situation where a judge, at their own discretion who doesnt want to issue a sentence, has had to issue that sentence. what we hope to achieve is reforms. thats really what this is all about. we have to reform a system that is creating a situation where we are creating more victims of our justice system. we have to do that now. >> mederos himself was emotional during this sentencing, saying that he never intended to hurt anyone. the case sparking international and national ...

>> a lot of people are calling for those calls for reform. there were small protests in colorado this week. more than 4.7 million signatures asking colorados governor to reduce the sentence or grant clemency. kim kardashian tweeted that colorado laws need to be changed. the governors office is telling cnn it is reviewing the clemency request. >> lucy, thanks for that. appreciate it. coming up for us, new covid restrictions are going into effect across the country for indoor public places. up n...