Paramedic convicted in Elijah McClain’s killing will be released from prison

Judge reduces sentence to four years of probation for Peter Cichuniec, who injected McClain with ketamine in 2019

A Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the US in 2020, is being released from prison after a judge reduced his sentence to four years of probation on Friday.

Judge Mark Warner ruled that unusual and extenuating circumstances" in the case justified reducing the five-year prison sentence for Peter Cichuniec, the Denver Post reported.