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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 clemency, kim kardashian got involved and tweeted about this saying colorado needed to change the laws. the...

>> 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 governor's office, meanwhile, saying the governor's 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 the unidentified child accessed the firearm and fired it saturday afternoon. no word on the conditi...

Building has created a situation where a judge at their own discretion who doesn't want to issue a sentence has had to issue that sentence. what we hope to achieve is 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. >> medeiros himself was very emotional during the sentencing saying he never intended to hurt anyone. there were nearly 5 million signatures asking colorado governor jarred pulis to issue a clemency or to shorten the sentence. kim kardashian got in...

Building has created a situation where a judge, at their own discretion who doesn't want to issue a sentence, has had to issue that sentence. what we hope to achieve is 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. >> mederos 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 over...

>> 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 colorado's governor to reduce the sentence or grant clemency. kim kardashian tweeted that colorado laws need to be changed. the governor's 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 next, the impact those restrictions and the new omicron wave could have on already hard-hit restaur...