here's abc's kailee hartung.ng.. >> walking around without an arm and a leg on one side.was truly that much of a part of my heart. >> reporter: a wife, widowed after losing her husband in a 2019 highway crash. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: a mother whose truck driver son faces a lifetime in prison after being convicted of causing that crash. all part of a complicated case that's gained national attention and launched a conversation about mandatory minimum sentencing. in october, rogel aguilera-mederos was found guilty on 27 points, including vehicular homicide and vehicular assault after his semi truck plowed into several cars in 2019, leaving four people dead and many more injured. earlier this month, a district court judge handing down a 110-year sentence for aguilera-mederos, saying colorado's mandatory minimums forced his hand because certain crimes require sentences to be seved consecutively rather than concurrently. >> they decided to make it more even. i think originally it worked. i think now it's gone to the other side, though. now the judges have us