ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — A man who was convicted of killing five people in 1998 in a spasm of violence called the "Labor Day Massacre," was resentenced on Tuesday morning in Arapahoe County.
Alexander Pogosyan was 17 at the time of the murders on Sept. 7, 1998. He was subject to a 2016 state law requiring all juvenile lifers be resentenced, making them eligible for parole in as little as 30 years and no more than 40.
In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court also ruled that it was unconstitutional to sentence juveniles to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Pogosyan, now 41, was sentenced on Tuesday to life with the possibility of parole after 40 years on all five felony murder counts, to be served consecutively. So far, he has served 22 years in prison.
"My suffering will never end. I will die suffering for my loss of my mom and my brother," Kayla Reichert said following the resentencing.
Reichert was only seven years old when her mother and brother were gunned down in her home.
"Penny Bowman, Greg Medla, Marissa Avalos, Eddie Morales and Zach Obert, they are the victims, they are the ones that deserve justice."
Prosecutors suspected that Pogosyan and 18-year-old Michael Martinez killed five people in two houses because they were angry with the victims.
A few hours after the murders, Martinez was found shot to death nearby. Pogosyan was also suspected in Martinez' death but never charged.
Pogosyan appeared via WebEx on Tuesday. The once 17-year-old is now 41. A local pastor who knows him made a statement at the resentencing, he said, "I'm a better man in my life than I was three years ago because of Alexander."
His attorney argued he's a changed man and had a tough childhood that impacted his decisions.
"Alex had a tough upbringing? He put me into a life of a tough upbringing," Reichert said inside the courthouse. "I will be at every parole hearing. I will be at every court ruling for the rest of his life."
A judge resentenced Pogosyan to five consecutive life sentences with the option of parole in 40 years. The sentence was back dated to the original sentencing date and with other credits given, he's eligible for parole in about 17 years.
This story includes previous reporting by 9NEWS reporter Matt Jablow.
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