FILE - Demonstrators carry placards as they walk down Sable Boulevard during a rally and march over the death of Elijah McClain in Aurora, Colo., June 27, 2020. Paramedic Peter Cichuniec, the senior medical responder on the scene during the altercation with Elijah McClain, faces a yearslong prison sentence when he is expected to be sentenced on Friday, March 1, 2024. A jury found him guilty in December for his involvement in the 2019 death of McClain following an overdose of a powerful sedative. ( (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Lawyers console Paramedic Peter Cichuniec after his sentence is read on Friday, March 1, 2024 in Brighton, Colo. Cichuniec was sentenced to five years in prison for the death of Elijah McClain in a rare prosecution of medical responders that has left officials rethinking how they treat people in police custody.(Colorado State Court via AP, POOL)
Sheneen McClain, left, the mother of Elijah McClain, and a supporter leave the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton, Colo. on Friday, March 1, 2024. Peter Cichuniec, a Colorado paramedic was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for the death of Elijah McClain in a rare prosecution of medical responders that has left officials rethinking how they treat people in police custody. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via AP)
Paramedic Peter Cichuniec, convicted for his role in Elijah McClain's death sits, in court before his sentencing on Friday, March 1, 2024 in Brighton, Colo. Cichuniec was sentenced to five years in prison for the death of McClain in a rare prosecution of medical responders that has left officials rethinking how they treat people in police custody.(Colorado State Court via AP, POOL)
FILE - Paramedic Peter Cichuniec attends his arraignment at the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton, Colo., Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Cichuniec, the senior medical responder on the scene during the altercation with Elijah McClain, faces a yearslong prison sentence when he is expected to be sentenced on Friday, March 1, 2024. A jury found him guilty in December for his involvement in the 2019 death of McClain following an overdose of a powerful sedative. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP, File)
Lawyers console Paramedic Peter Cichuniec after his sentence is read on Friday, March 1, 2024 in Brighton, Colo. Cichuniec was sentenced to five years in prison for the death of Elijah McClain in a rare prosecution of medical responders that has left officials rethinking how they treat people in police custody.(Colorado State Court via AP, POOL)
FILE - Sheneen McClain, Elijah McClain's mother, is consoled by Omar Montgomery outside the Adams County Colo., Justice Center after verdict rendered Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in Brighton, Colo. Paramedic Peter Cichuniec, the senior medical responder on the scene during the altercation with Elijah McClain, faces a yearslong prison sentence when he is expected to be sentenced on Friday, March 1, 2024. A jury found him guilty in December for his involvement in the 2019 death of McClain following an overdose of a powerful sedative. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
FILE - Demonstrators carry a giant placard during a rally and march over the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain, Saturday, June 27, 2020, outside the police department in Aurora, Colo. Paramedic Peter Cichuniec, the senior medical responder on the scene during the altercation with Elijah McClain, faces a yearslong prison sentence when he is expected to be sentenced on Friday, March 1, 2024. A jury found him guilty in December for his involvement in the 2019 death of McClain following an overdose of a powerful sedative. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)