The Colorado Department of Corrections has shut down a bid to move Yeva Smilianska, the driver convicted in the 2023 death of Boulder cyclist Magnus White, into a community corrections program. The move follows months of public pushback from White’s family and road-safety advocates and also coincides with a separate criminal matter that surfaced during the review. For now, Smilianska stays in state custody while prosecutors and corrections officials sort through the legal and administrative fallout from that new case.
DOC denies transfer after review
According to CBS News, the Department of Corrections confirmed that Smilianska’s community corrections referral was denied in Boulder County and that a second request in Larimer County was withdrawn. The…..