Elijah McClain (Courtesy of McClain family) BRIGHTON — A judge in Adams County District Court on Friday wiped away the 5-year prison sentence being served by a former Aurora paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain. Judge Mark Warner vacated Peter Cichuniec’s prison term and converted the sentence to four years of probation, a move prosecutors previously said would “undermine the jury’s verdict” in the case. “The court finds, really, there are unusual and extenuating circumstances and they are truly exceptional in this particular case,” Warner said during a brief hearing. Cichuniec, 51, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and assault by drugging in the 2019 killing of McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after Aurora police put him in a neck hold and a paramedic injected him with an overdose of the sedative ketamine. Cichuniec was supervising the paramedic who injected the drug.

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  • Judge wipes away 5-year prison sentence for paramedic in Elijah McClain’s death
    An Adams County judge on Friday wiped away the 5-year prison sentence for a former Aurora paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, converting the sentence to four years of probation.
    09/13/2024 - 12:04 pm | View Link
  • Judge vacates five-year prison sentence for Aurora paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain
    Former paramedic Peter Cichuniec, convicted for his role in Elijah McClain’s death sits in court before his sentencing on Friday, March 1, 2024, in Brighton, Colo. Cichuniec was sentenced to five ...
    09/13/2024 - 11:03 am | View Link
  • Prison sentence reduced for former Aurora paramedic convicted in Elijah McClain’s death
    Peter Cichuniec, one of the paramedics convicted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, has had his sentence reduced.
    09/13/2024 - 9:57 am | View Link
  • Aurora paramedic's prison sentence wiped out in Elijah McClain case
    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 ...
    09/13/2024 - 9:28 am | View Link
  • Judge wipes away 5-year prison sentence for Aurora paramedic in Elijah McClain’s death
    Adams County District Court Judge Mark Warner in March sentenced Cichuniec to five years in prison — the mandatory minimum prison time required under Colorado law — but Cichuniec in June ...
    09/13/2024 - 9:00 am | View Link
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