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Because colorado's 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 doesn't 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 that there is a difference between mr. maderos and those other kinds of people. >> reporter: this ca...

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. we'll be right back. i lost 26 pounds and i feel incredible. with the new personalpoints program, i answer questions about my goals

Reforms. that's 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 currently reviewing the clemency request. lucy kafanov, cnn, los angeles. at least one official says d...

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 governor's office, the colorado governor's office meanwhile telling cnn they are reviewing the clemency request. amara. >> thank you. joey jackson...

Tweeting about this. the governor's office says they are reviewing the clemency request, but we don't expect the governor to weigh in before the legal proceedings. >> lucy, thank you. we'll 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 news that we want -- actually, we're going to josh campbell for more on this story. josh, this is...