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Think about his role in the murder. after more than 18 years in prison, he asked the governor of california to grant him clemency. citing his youth when he committed the crime, and his exemplary conduct in president. governor reduced his sentence the 20 is the. life two years later, he was paroled. the councils are unhappy that billy is free, and still it remains that unanswered question, why did amy want to ricky dead. where she so in mature, is that possible? that she just -- the idea of dealing somebody was like playtime? >> that's what i wonder sometimes. how do you go from living with som...

Will be -- victims will be allowed to. >> yes. um, and i have written -- i wrote a letter to the judge, previously, asking him, um, to be hard and to be harsh because, again, i don't think this was an accident. um, in any way, shape, or form. um, i have always said that something wasn't right about this accident because it -- like i said, it's not an accident, it's an incident. he could have avoided it and didn't. um, there are two victims that haven't been able to -- we haven't heard from their families and those victims are both -- that i knew them or their families and so i am fighting for ...

Mederos was driving 85 miles an hour back in 2019 when he says his brakes failed. he caused that crash that killed not only four people but as you mentioned, injured numerous other people. he was not found to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. the prosecution argued he should have used a runaway ramp to prevent that crash. he was found guilty on 27 different charges, which include several counts of vehicular homicide as well as vehicular assault. um, but because of colorado's mandatory minimum sentencing laws, which require sentences for each count to be served consecutively, rather t...

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...

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...