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Rene Ruiz was found guilty by an El Cajon jury for causing the death of a 24-year-old and injuring a passenger in a 2018 crash. He was sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison, but that was changed Wednesday thanks to a new California law.

A new law is giving a man who would have possibly spent a the rest of his life in prison, a lighter sentence. NBC 7’s Mari Payton has more.

It’s been nearly 10 years since 20 children and six teachers were murdered inside their classrooms in Newtown, Connecticut, and for longer than that, gun reform has been a topic of heated debate in California and across the country.