laws that require sentences to be consecutively, which is how those 27 counts turned into more than century in prison for the now 26-year-old driver, a sentence twice as long as some murder convicts. the judge himself said, if i had the discretion, it would not be my sentence. colorado lawmakers are calling for legal reforms. take a look. our system here has created a situation where a judge at their own discretion doesn t want to issue a sentence has had to issue that sentence. what we hope to achieve reforms. that s what this is all about. we have to reform the system that is creating a situation where we are creating more victims of our justice system. we have to do that now. reporter: this case has gotten national attention with nearly 5 million signatures on a petition asking the colorado governor to reduce the sentence or to grant mederos clemency. kim kardashian got involved,