A Killer will be released from prison unless Gov. Newsom overturns the CA parole board's decision

[Sugar Cookie]

In 2001, Gerardo Zavala and two others lured a 17-year-old to a home to smoke meth.

But while they were there, the teen, Eric Jones, was assaulted, electrocuted, sexually abused, kidnapped, tortured for hours, and then shot to death.

After spending 19 years locked up, Zavala will likely soon be free.

Assistant District Attorney David Alavezos handled the case and is appealing the decision because of the horrific details of the crime.

"The victim was placed in a particular way on a road that his mother would travel on. And he was nude and he was duct-taped in such a way that was distressing," says Alavezos.

After hours of one heinous act after another, police say Jones was shot ten times at point-blank range.

Prosecutors say the victim was left lifeless with a sign on his back that included an expletive.

Parole was already overturned once by former Governor Jerry Brown in 2018.

Central CA man who sexually abused, tortured and killed Black teen might soon be set free

Gov. Newsom has less than a month to decide whether he will reverse the parole board's decision to release a man accused of sexually abusing, torturing and killing a Black teen.

abc7news.com

 

[Sejanus]

Oh I am sure he has learned the error of his ways and wants to live a long life spent contributing to society in a positive and meaningful manner.

Riiiiiight.

 

[Craygor]

Here's the facts of case according to Zavala 2008 appeals court decision.

On January 28, 2001, just days after Jones's murder, Gerardo Zavala told a detective about the final hours of his life.   Zavala drove Tyrone Ebaniz and Gerardo Soto to pick Jones up and drive him to a garage where Zavala punched and knocked him out and held him down while Ebaniz and Soto tied him up.   Right after Keith Seriales and Jorge Vidal showed up, Vidal jumped on Jones, slammed his head onto the cement floor, and hit him in the face with a pipe.   His face was no longer recognizable.

Seriales got some duct tape.   Zavala went into the house and back to the garage, where he saw Seriales and Vidal tying up Jones with duct tape and saw Ebaniz, Seriales, and Vidal kicking “a stick in his butt.”   He heard Vidal “laughing and saying ‘look, look what we did to him’ ” and heard Jones yelling in pain.   Jones was “electrified” later.

Vidal “wanted him to ․ suffer some more” so he told someone to pull the duct tape off Jones's nose and mouth.  “That's why he didn't want him dying right away.”   After Zavala went into the house again and then came outside, he saw Jones in the trunk of Seriales's car.   As Vidal was about to shut the trunk, Zavala told him Jones's knees were “too high.”   Vidal said, “Where he's going uh ․ he's not gonna worry about his knees.”

After Zavala used his car and someone else's jumper cables to start Seriales's car, Seriales drove him (in the front seat), Ebaniz (in the back seat), and Jones (in the trunk) to a remote spot on a paved road.   Soto, Vidal, and someone else followed in another car.   With a cocked nine-millimeter gun in his hand, Vidal said, “Hurry up,” as Zavala tried to get Jones out of the trunk, but Jones slipped out of his grasp and hit the pavement.   Seriales dragged him just off the road into a field, where Vidal shot him again and again as he lay on the ground bound and naked.

PEOPLE v. ZAVALA (2008) | FindLaw

Case opinion for CA Court of Appeal PEOPLE v. ZAVALA. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw.

caselaw.findlaw.com

 

[JackBurton]

Was there a motive?

Disgusting this shitstain got such a lenient sentence. Did he plea deal to testify against the other two? What were their punishments.

 

[JackBurton]

Oh and there is no way that scumbag Newsom does the right thing here. That is one of the worst human beings in America.

 

[Craygor]

Oh and there is no way that scumbag Newsom does the right thing here. That is one of the worst human beings in America.

You're fucking right about. Did you see the latest "fuck you, peasants" Newsom did the other day? He held a $450 a plate political fundraiser at a posh French restaurant and no one were wearing masks, or observing any covid restrictions. I guess royalty does whatever they fucken want.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

Governor Takes No Action to Prevent Release of Convicted Killer – Tulare County District Attorney

tulareda.org

Jan 25 2021

On January 15, 2021, the Office of the District Attorney was notified that Governor Gavin Newsom has refused to stop the release of convicted murderer Gerardo Zavala, 48.
[...]
“Twenty years ago this week, Eric Jones’ life was violently cut short. Now, instead of taking this time to remember him, his family has to process this heartless decision. The Governor has ignored the pleas of this office, the pleas of this community, and has even turned a blind eye to the wisdom of his predecessor, Governor Jerry Brown, who saw through the manipulation and deception of Zavala’s previous bid for release,” said Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward. “It is a sad day for families who have had to endure the loss of a loved one due to violent crime. How Governor Newsom refused to take a stand for Eric, an innocent 17-year-old young man who was brutally tortured, sodomized, and executed, is beyond comprehension.”

According to information provided to the Office of the District Attorney by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Zavala currently possesses an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hold. It is unclear at this time how recent federal executive orders regarding deportations will impact Zavala’s release.
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[JackBurton]

Fucking vile.

This man LOVES criminals. It can't be denied.

 

[Blizzard]

Zavala currently possesses an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hold. It is unclear at this time how recent federal executive orders regarding deportations will impact Zavala’s release.

IF

specifically IF

they can kick him the fuck out of USA back to whatever turdpile he came from

AND

assure he never goes back to USA

I'd be aite with it

but that's a lot of IFs now ain't it.