sentence. now teen d.a. whose office brought the case wants the case reconsidered. my next guest knows the law, george brauchler, former district attorney for colorado s 18th judicial district. counselor, thank you for being here. what went on? was he overcharged? i don t think so initially. there was a prior district attorney colorado is one of the only states in the country, in fact, the only state that has term limits for the cdistrict attorneys. the d.a. took office in january of this year had every bit of authority in her disposal to change the charges, dismiss the case, reduce the charges, pursue some alternative outcome but chose to stay the course. these are charges that carry mandatory minimums and mandatory consecutives based on the charges themselves. one thing i noticed is that