Mitigation Specialist

25 + yrs in defense legal justice system - Adult & Juvenile Mitigation Specialist, Forensic SW, , Sociologist- Trauma Matters, Hope Matters, People Matter!

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

Dehumanizing the incarcerated is not a representation of who they are. It is a representation of who you are!

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

This week the great news keeps coming. Blue wave, newsom commutes death row & just a little bit ago news that my very first capital case from decades ago (he has LWOP) the DA just recommended him for resentencing. ❤️
Never give up this world is full of beauty!

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

What an amazing legacy to leave behind ❤️ Newsom Commutes the Sentences of California’s 548 Death Row Inmates - The New York Times https://t.co/CsxHki5zYo

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

Parents plead for synthetic kratom ban as powerful opioid hooks kids https://t.co/13T4RsWMCa

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

This is why you take evening walks to remind yourself of the beauty in the world.

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

Tomorrow is world mental health day & the world is heavy but it’s also full of love. Help, support, kindness, is in our world & let’s give it to each other every single day! World Mental Health Day – Lived experiences heard: real voices, real change https://t.co/97LeIg3ncZ

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#UnitedStates: The case of Christa Pike lays bare multiple reasons why the death penalty should be abolished. The prolonged suffering – physical and mental – arising from multiple failed execution attempts is abhorrent, and cruel. And there are key fair trial questions still unresolved.

UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk calls on the state authorities not to pursue any further attempt to execute Pike.

We are also troubled by the increase in the number of executions in the United States.

The death penalty has no place in any society.

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

“Hi. Yes. Today I received the great news that I am releasing in two days, Thursday morning. It is hard to believe that after thirty two years I will be released.” Just imagine… Inside since a teen & finally is walking free

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

Tomorrow Christa Pike is to be executed. No true mitigation given to tell her story of childhood trauma & that matters, her age matters, death is not justice & it’s sad we can’t see that as people . Dead Woman Walking Christa Pike Vs Tennessee. - YouTube https://t.co/vRqqWWNPjb

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

This should not even have to be a law. When did we as adults forget a child no matter what will always be a child & should be shown love & compassion. Newly passed law gives incarcerated California kids the right to hug their loved ones | KTLA https://t.co/Flt9ITIR2c

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

My daughter made this video & it’s really incredible to see your kids grow up & not just be smart & talented but most importantly be a kind, thoughtful & loving person who wants a better world for everyone. Please share & check out ❤️ https://t.co/jieSlU6Jea

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

Check out this video on AI. https://t.co/U3rd8zRaPe

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

Recently two youthful offender lifers were granted parole. In mitigation you tell life stories & that’s a gift but the real gift is seeing them given a first chance at the life that was lost during their childhood when being a kid wasn’t the life they were born into.

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

Mitigation matters in the defense field & it matters the most to the person you are there to help tell their story. Always do the work first with ❤️.

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

Always celebrate ❤️https://t.co/UqxtCs8pfC

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

A client today w/ 25 to life & only 3 years in thanked me for visiting & said I wish I could give you a hug & it just broke my heart in any other scenario I would have hugged him. Every human is deserving of humanity & I just wish we had a world where all people believed that.

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

I have an incarcerated client that is young twenties. I sent 5 stamped envelopes to return paperwork. He really put one piece of paper in each envelope 😂

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

It takes months after getting a board date to get an out date but finally tomorrow morning after being locked up as teen for over three decades… one of my clients is finally going to be free. ❤️❤️❤️

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

Children Describe Life Inside Dilley ICE Detention Center — ProPublica https://t.co/vSFgJQz3My

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

Politics in this moment is not about a difference in beliefs. It is a fundamental difference in true humanity.

[Mitigation Specialist @Mitigation_Hope]

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."  Desmond Tutu