THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS WRITTEN, PREPARED, SIGNED & PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED BY DANIEL "DAN" B. FACTOR, FORMER ATTORNEY FOR GABRIEL FAVELA, A YOUNG MAN & FATHER WHO WAS SENTENCED TO A TERM OF 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT & FOR UNFOUNDED GANG-ALLEGATIONS.

THE STATEMENT APPEARS IN NEARLY THE SAME VERSION AS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BY DAN FACTOR, WHO GAVE THE SIXTH SUN PERMISSION TO REUSE/REPRINT/REDISTRIBUTE THE STATEMENT WITH FULL DISCRETION IN SO FAR AS IT SUPPORTS GABRIEL FAVELA AND HIS FAMILY'S EFFORTS TO UNDO THE WRONGS THAT LED TO THIS ORDEAL. THE MINOR EDITS MADE WERE SIMPLY TO PREVENT PUBLICIZING INFORMATION THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED INCRIMINATING TOWARDS GABRIEL'S CO-DEFENDANTS, WHICH BY ALL MEANS ARE NOT HIS INTENTIONS.

IN MAKING THIS STATEMENT, MR. FACTOR IS SPEAKING FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE AND HE TOO WISHES NOT TO INCRIMINATE ANY OF THE DEFENDANTS WHO WERE TRIED, CONVICTED AND SENTENCED IN THIS COMPLEX LEGAL CASE.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT THIS ACTION AND TO ENGAGE OTHERS IN SIGNING AND DISSEMINATING THIS PETITION.

COLLECTIVELY YOURS IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE FOR ALL,

The Sixth Sun Literacy Project :II 

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“Days, numbers, years in prison doesn’t bother me.  What bothers me is the injustice they have done to us.”

 -Gabriel Favela, from prison, June 2013