2019: Colorado paramedic Peter Cichunic sentenced to 5 years for criminally negligent homicide of Elijah McClain due to administering sedative.

A Colorado paramedic, Peter Cichunic, has been sentenced to five years in prison for the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain. Cichunic and fellow paramedic Jeremy Cooper were convicted in December of criminally negligent homicide for administering a sedative to McClain, which led to his death. The case has sent shockwaves through the US paramedic profession and highlighted gaps in medical procedures for sedations of people in police custody.