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Jeremy Cooper, who was convicted of criminally negligent homicide for administering the sedative ultimately blamed for killing Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black massage therapist, is sentenced.
Elijah McClain's mother, Sheneen McClain, addresses the court ahead of Jeremy Cooper's sentencing.
Jeremy Cooper addresses the judge before sentencing. Cooper was convicted of criminally negligent homicide for administering the sedative ultimately blamed for killing Elijah McClain.
Peter Cichuniec was sentenced to five years in prison for the death of Elijah McClain in a rare prosecution of medical responders.
display honoring Elijah McClain
display honoring Elijah McClain
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Ryan Delanty
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Former Aurora, Colo., Police Officer Jason Rosenblatt, left, and Aurora Police Officer Randy Roedema, right, attend an arraignment at the Adams County Justice Center.
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A man sits in a chair with a laptop on his lap in front of microphones in a living room
A man in a suit sits with glasses on his forehead.
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Ron Arnold testified that Chad Daybell told him “When everything came out, that everything was going to be just fine,” when speaking about JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan's whereabouts. Months later, the children were found buried on his property.
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Some key rulings in the Karen Read case that were deemed admissible include evidence of Karen Read's blood alcohol level, evidence of a failing relationship between Read and John O'Keefe and evidence of Read's out of court statements.
After Stephan Sterns was indicted on a first-degree murder charge in Madeline Soto's death, the panel asks what her mother, Jenn Soto, knew and whether she'll end up being a witness or a co-defendant alongside Sterns.

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