injured in others. he said the brakes in his semi truck failed traveling on the interstate and nearly 5 million people have signed a petition asking people to reconsider what they have called an extreme sentence. lucy kavanaugh is joining us now. what is the d.a. doing now? >> reporter: that's right, kate. a lot of attention online and within the state of colorado. the d.a. isn't necessarily trying to overturn this conviction but rather to allow the court greater flexibility than that initial sentencing. here's why. colorado has these mandatory minimum sentencing laws that basically require sentences for each count to be served consecutively rather than concurrently. that is how those 27 counts turn into more an a century in prison, a sentence twice as long as some murder convicts. the judge who sentenced him even said, "if i had the discretion, it would not be my sentence." the jury representing med