Exclusive interview: Colorado’s attorney general on justice for Elijah McClain, and the ‘significant impact’ of the trials for officers and paramedics

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Sheneen McClain, mother of Elijah McClain, is embraced by Attorney General Phil Weiser outside a courtroom in the Adams County Justice Center, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, as she awaits a verdict on the role of suspended Aurora Police Officer Nathan Woodyard in Elijah McClain’s death. Woodyard was found not guilty.

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Sheneen McClain leaves the Arapahoe County Justice Center in Brighton with her supporters after Aurora paramedic Peter Cichuniec was sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in the death of her son, Elijah. March 1, 2024.


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Shaneen McClain speaks with reporters after former Aurora Police Officer Randy Roedema was sentenced for his role in the death of her son, Elijah McClain, at the Adams County Justice Center Friday, Jan. 5, 2024.

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Edward Kelly, general president of the International Association of Firefighters, speaks outside of the Adams County Justice Center after Aurora paramedic Peter Cichuniec was sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in the death Elijah McClain. March 1, 2024.

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Sheneen McClain (left) leaves the Arapahoe County Justice Center in Brighton with her supporters after Aurora paramedic Peter Cichuniec was sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in the death of her son, Elijah. March 1, 2024.

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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, speaks with reporters at the Adams County Justice Center on Monday, Nov. 5, 2023, after a jury found suspended Aurora Police Officer Nathan Woodyard not guilty over his role in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain.

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Elijah McClain’s mother, Sheneen McClain, speaks in court during the sentencing of former paramedic Jeremy Cooper, who injected her son with ketamine before his death, Friday, April 26, 2024, in the Brighton, Colo. Cooper was convicted last year of criminally negligent homicide in the Black man's death, which helped fuel the 2020 social justice protests. (ABC News One/Pool via AP)