A judge ruled that “unusual and extenuating circumstances” in the case justified reducing the prison sentence to four years of probation.
DENVER — A Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020, is being released from prison after a judge reduced his sentence to four years of probation Friday.
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