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If anyone is wondering what my MTG mission statement/thesis is.
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Thea Eskey retweeted
23 YEARS OF STANDING UP FOR CRIME VICTIMS, SURVIVORS & FAMILIES!
Today, Crime Survivors Resource Center proudly stood alongside victims, survivors, and surviving families at the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation (CJLF) Press Conference in Sacramento, while many others represented us at the Orange County District Attorney’s Press Conference. (Awaiting more photos!)
What a powerful sight to witness district attorneys, law enforcement, foundations, nonprofits, associations, community leaders, victim advocates, and surviving families coming together as a UNITED FRONT in opposition to Governor Gavin Newsom’s death sentence commutation efforts and standing for what we believe is RIGHT, FAIR, AND JUST!
Today also marked a first in our organization's history. For the very first time in 23 years, our founder missed our Service Provider Roundtable to stand in solidarity with victims and surviving families.
Our heartfelt thanks to EVERYONE who showed up, spoke up, listened, and demonstrated such tremendous compassion, mercy, kindness, courage, and unity.
This is about real people, precious lives lost, grieving families, and voices that deserve to be heard.
Their voices matter. Their loved ones matter. JUSTICE MATTERS!
23 YEARS AND STILL KEEPING THE PROMISE!
crimesurvivors.org
Thea Eskey retweeted
No one can bring back Gabriel. But we, as a community, should make victims and their surviving families as whole as they can be, and bring justice to those who seek to murder our children and destroys our communities and way of life. That is called leadership. Our community deserves that. We all do.
Gabriel mattered! All victims do.
Opinion: Gabriel Fernandez’s case shows why California’s death penalty process matters ocregister.com/2026/11/12/ga…
Thea Eskey retweeted
Absolutely Monumental Victory today in Plymouth as Justice Sullivan has rejected Kevin Reddington's dangerous, frivolous, and wrong attacks on our dear friend Michael and the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution!
(1) Defendant Lindsay Clancy's Motion to Preserve Juror Records, to Produce the Juror Questionnaire and Related Records, and For a Limited Inquiry Into Juror Doe;
DENIED
(2) Defendant Lindsay Clancy's Motion to Dismiss the Three Murder Indictments on Double Jeopardy Grounds;
DENIED
This is exactly what we have been saying for weeks would happen, even as the woke leftist mob hoped that they could drown out the truth by making a lot of noise. Justice Sullivan is a brilliant, experienced, and learned jurist, and he followed the law to its logical and only conclusions, just like Michael followed the law and the evidence.
We want to thank the honorable and strong District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz and his outstanding prosecutors for their efforts, that we were so grateful to join, in opposing these motions. I'd also like to thank the other members of our legal team who have stood tough with me the entire time to protect Michael and defend the U.S. Constitution: my colleagues and friends Heather O'Connor and J. Tyler Cox.
Thea Eskey retweeted
I’ve read some Op Ed’s and seen social media posts from people and electeds that say Newsom was right, “courageous” and they agree with his decision to commute over 500 death row sentences.
I’ve read other Op Ed’s, seen statements from elected DA’s, and looked at social media posts from the public and electeds and they are clearly against Newsom’s decision.
The problem is most people still don’t get it. This isn’t about if you support capital punishment or if you don’t. This shouldn’t be about one person’s opinion. This should be about the law. A law that was passed by the voters multiple times in CA over the years. It is also about a legal process. A process that goes back many years and involves the victims’ families, evidence, facts, the law, judges, jurors, prosecutors, defense attorneys, trials and appellate judges, which is all open to the pubic.
Newsom, on his own, without consulting any of the people involved, without being present for even one jury trial, overrode all of that, didn’t contact one parent of a murdered child or family member, and made a decision acting like his beliefs and morals were more important and more valuable than the entire State of California. And he did it for political reasons.
That isn’t justice. That’s also not “courageous” even if you are against capital punishment. It says our vote doesn’t matter, our victims don’t really matter, the legal process doesn’t matter, the jurors don’t matter and little Gabriel doesn’t matter.
Completely excluding victims and their families is something I will never support. I’m just never going to stop fighting for Gabriel and his family as long as I’m on this planet.
Thea Eskey retweeted
“I wish the governor would have the kind of empathy for us that he seems to have for the cop killers, and the baby killers, and the spree killers, and the serial killers.”
— Marc Klaas
His 12-year-old daughter, Polly, was murdered in 1993. Her killer, Richard Allen Davis, is among those whose death sentences Newsom seeks to commute to life without parole.
🎥 CBS News
Thea Eskey retweeted
STATEMENT FROM SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ANDERSON ON GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S DEATH PENALTY COMMUTATIONS
Today, Governor Newsom announced his desire to grant blanket commutations for every death row inmate in California. It is the wrong decision.
The Governor is attempting to appear courageous with this decision. He is not courageous. His commutations are solely based upon power and political aspirations. Courage would require speaking with crime victims and the surviving family members of the people murdered by these death row inmates. The Governor has not called Josh Ryen or Mary Ann Hughes to ask them their opinion on a potential commutation for Kevin Cooper. Cooper, who slaughtered Josh’s entire family including Josh’s friend and Mary’s son, Chris Hughes, and then left Josh for dead. Josh has lived with the impact of that horrific night his entire life. Josh has never received a call from Gavin Newsom.
Courage would require the Governor to follow Marsy’s Law, California’s constitutional rights belonging to victims of crime. He has not. I am not aware of any victims’ family members receiving notice of these commutations from the Governor. Courage would also require the Governor to respect democracy and the will of the people by acknowledging that the people of California have consistently and repeatedly voted in favor of the death penalty in California. The Governor is concerned with politics, not people. The Governor ignores victims’ and their families’ constitutional rights with this decision. He has placed the lives and interests of convicted murderers above victims and their families.
Finally, courage would demand that the Governor respect the greatest example of democracy that exists, the jury system. These death sentences that the Governor is attempting to commute were all imposed by twelve members of the community who each had to independently determine that these condemned inmates were guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and determine that the crimes were so heinous that death was the only appropriate sentence. Jurors understand that not everyone should be treated the same for every homicide, because there are murders so horrific that no other verdict could be just. Gavin Newsom does not understand this, and has never attempted to understand this.
What the Governor seeks to do today is not courageous. It is arrogant and political showmanship. Governor Newsom substitutes his own aspirations in place of independently elected District Attorneys, hundreds of experienced prosecutors and judges, thousands of jurors, millions of voters, and most importantly, crime victims who have been consistently misled and denied justice by him and the California Legislature.
Thea Eskey retweeted
In 2012, the voters of the State of California approved capital punishment. And again in 2016, the voters of the State of California approved capital punishment.
In California, to even be eligible for capital punishment the defendant must be found guilty of First Degree Murder and the jury must also unanimously find True that the murderer committed a special circumstance (like Intentional Murder by Torture, Multiple Murders, a Hate Crime Murder, Sexual Assault or Rape and a Murder, etc). Then, in a second trial, all 12 jurors must unanimously vote that the death penalty is the appropriate punishment (they have a choice between LWOP or Death). All prosecutors also involve the surviving family members in this entire transparent process.
Furthermore, these aren’t cases where guilt is an issue. I personally would never seek capital punishment unless I had Beyond ALL Doubt evidence. The issue then becomes, not if the defendant did it, he/she did, it’s what should the punishment be for the crime. The worst of the worst crimes against humanity deserve the worst of the worst punishment.
And lastly, a judge must, considering all the evidence and motions, impose the sentence.
Newsom ignored the People of the State of CA, the voters, the surviving family members, the jurors, the judge, the victim, the evidence, the prosecutor and our CA laws, and without collaboration with anyone, unilaterally decided on his own to commute DP sentences. That isn’t the American way.
You can be pro-DP, you can be anti-DP, or you can be like me and believe in the rule of law, the process, transparency and ultimate accountability and justice.
Making these decisions for political reasons, which is why I believe the Governor made this decision, is never something that should play a part when dealing with justice.
I will always stand with my community, with our victims and with their family members. No one person should be the sole decider of these issues. It should involve all of us.
Thea Eskey retweeted
Newsom, the same person who supported & backed Gascón in SF and LA, unilaterally, without talking to Gabriel’s family, just commuted Gabriel’s killers sentence.
To me, little Gabriel will always be an example of courage. His case, his life, his death and his trial will always be with his family, with my family, with his friends and with our community. No matter what Newsom did today, Gabriel will never be forgotten. Newsom thinks he can erase Ezequiel and Virginia having to go into court and face Gabriel’s murderer and testify - he can’t. All of you there that day remember their testimony. Virginia’s screams. No matter what, Gabriel will never be forgotten. He mattered.
“Gabriel was in agony for almost 240 days. He was humiliated, intimidated, shamed, bullied, scared, abused, and tortured by the defendant. He was made to feel like nothing, nobody. He was made to blame himself and feel ashamed. He was carried by the defendant, after he was beaten to death, like trash. Just discarded by the defendant. Death was likely a merciful end to Gabriel’s pain – and that only illuminates the torture and abuse that he really suffered. When he needed it most, no one was there to hold Gabriel, to love him, to caress him, and to just tell him ‘everything will be alright.’
Gabriel will not be forgotten. You heard that from all the witnesses. His death will not be in vain. You, the jury, have seen the journey of torture and abuse Gabriel went through. We ask that you hold the defendant accountable. The ultimate punishment is truly appropriate for the defendant, even though it does not even compare to what the defendant did to Gabriel.
The defendant is not a victim. No one who does this to a child can ever be called a victim. No one who does this to a child can have good inside of him. He is a 37-year-old grown man. He has absolutely no excuses. He did it. He got off on it. He is responsible. Pure evil. No one who embraces inflicting pain upon an innocent little boy should ever be allowed to portray himself as a victim. You now know what a victim is. A victim is someone who has his teeth knocked out, his liver lacerated, his skull fractured, his penis bruised and burned, his ribs broken, and his entire body bruised and battered. A victim is a child who was muffled and stuffed in a box. Who was forced to eat cat litter and cat feces. Who was forced to eat his own vomit. Gabriel is truly an example of courage. The defendant, on the other hand, is a true example of an evil coward. A bully. We ask that you hold him accountable.”
Closing Argument Penalty Phase - Jonathan Amir Hatami
We love you Gabriel! 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
Thea Eskey retweeted
The MAGAs like to call people like me a cuck.
And last night I must admit, I was, because I watched them get absolutely f’ed on national television
Thea Eskey retweeted
FAQ TITE KUBO
Q: Des ennemis dotés d’un pouvoir absolu, presque cheaté, comme Baraggan ou Gremmy, apparaissent régulièrement, et à ma première lecture je me suis plusieurs fois dit : « Mais comment on peut gagner contre ça ?! »
Vous est-il arrivé, en dessinant, de penser que si ça continuait comme ça, vos personnages ne pourraient peut-être pas gagner ?
K: Pour ce genre d’ennemis, au moment où je décide de leur pouvoir, je fixe aussi leur faille, ou plutôt, dans les grandes lignes, la façon de les battre. Après, il ne reste plus qu’à savoir jusqu’où la mise en scène va plonger les lecteurs dans le désespoir… mais mettre en scène le désespoir, c’est plutôt quelque chose que j’aime bien dessiner…
Thea Eskey retweeted
Controller Kenneth Mejia confirmed that City Hall pulled nearly $800 million out of our LADWP bills and sent it straight to the General Fund.
Angelenos crushed by record summer bills deserve complete transparency.
We don’t need an audit turf war between the Mayor and Controller.
City Council must fund outside forensic experts under the independent Controller's office to examine billing formulas, HR practices, executive salaries, and overtime spending—while immediately returning the excess tax surplus as direct ratepayer credits. – at Bell Canyon, CA