A 32-year-old man convicted of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter for slamming his SUV into a police car in 2014 , killing an officer and critically injuring his partner during a Harbor City pursuit, had his sentence reduced to 22 years to life in state prison after a change in state law.

Mynor Enrique Varela was originally sentenced in 2018 to life without the chance of parole after his conviction for the May 3, 2014, death of Officer Roberto Sanchez , who served with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Harbor Division and was a six-year member of the force and a 32-year-old newlywed.

Under the law, which went into effect in 2023, inmates can file a petition for resentencing. A judge can consider rehabilitation, among other things, in ruling whether to modify the sentence.

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