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Aurora paramedic's prison sentence wiped out in Elijah McClain case
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September 13, 2024
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2:26Now PlayingA paramedic convicted of the most serious charge in the death of Elijah McClain will spend no more time behind bars after an Adams County judge converted his sentence to probation on Friday.
Peter Cichuniec, convicted of second-degree assault and criminally negligent manslaughter in McClain’s 2019 death, had been sentenced to five years in prison in March. That was essentially the minimum sentence for his assault conviction.
A spokesman for the Colorado Attorney General's Office confirmed on Friday that Adams County District Judge Mark Warner converted Cichuniec's sentence to four years of probation. Warner is also the judge who sentenced Cichuniec in March.
He served 70 days in prison, according to the judge's order.
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