The Guam Parole Board has officially denied the parole request of Cesar Dizon. This outcome confirms the effectiveness of the testimony provided during the hearing process. I will continue to monitor future filings to ensure this status remains unchanged.
December 13, 2016
Final supporters
UPDATE: 2/15/17
To all Friends and Family of Jan Forever,
We are very pleased to announce that the Guam Parole Board again denied the parole request of convicted murderer Cesar Dizon.
Thank you all for your support; it was very powerful testimony at the parole hearing.
We will be asking you to sign-in for next year’s hearing, around January 2018. Please be watching for our next petition.
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We, the Friends and Family of Jan Forever, petition the Guam Parole Board to DENY the parole request of convicted murderer Cesar Dizon.
On August 23, 1995 Jan Rubenstein appeared in court to represent Dizon’s wife in a bitter divorce case before Judge B.J. Cruz. After the hearing Dizon followed Jan back to her office where he waited until she exited her car. He followed her as she ascended the stairs to her office, approached her from behind, and shot her in the back of her head.
Jan lay in a coma at GMH and was sustained on life support for 4 days until she died in the early morning hours of August 27, 1995. She was only 35 years old. Jan was in the prime of her life – she was a successful lawyer and mother of three daughters, Molly, Rachel and Meghan, ages 7, 6 and 4. They are deprived of their mother forever.
Dizon’s wife and Jan went to court to get a divorce from Dizon in accordance with Guam law. But Dizon refused to abide by the law, and he refused to respect the legal system to run its course. He took the law into his own hands and killed Jan in a cowardly and cold-blooded manner. Dizon did not respect the law in 1995, and there is no reason to believe he will abide by the law if paroled.
Cesar Dizon must be held accountable for his brutal acts in stalking Jan Rubenstein and executing her. By his acts he doomed Jan’s daughters, her family and friends to a life without her. Because of his complete disregard for human life and the brutality of his crime, justice demands that this convicted murderer be denied parole. He must remain behind bars where he cannot again harm another human being.
We, the undersigned, respectfully ask that the Guam Parole Board DENY Cesar Dizon’s parole request.
Hearing Date: Thursday, November 17, 2016 at the Harmon Sports Complex, Guam (Time not yet available)
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Friends and Family of Jan Forever
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in her
may be clearer in her absence,
as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.
And let there be no purpose in friendship
save the deepening of the spirit.
From "Friendship", The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
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Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
November 15, 2016
October 25, 2016
The petition hit one hundred signatures this morning. This threshold provides the necessary leverage for the formal letter I am currently drafting to the parole board members.
Reached 100 supporters
October 23, 2016
344 Comments
I remember this story when I was a teenager. I cant imagine this guy ever getting out of prison. I have had the pleasure of enjoying my mothers company all these years, which is something this man has taken away from her three daughters.
Surely the murder of a defense attorney undermines the heart of justice as much as the murder of a police Officer. This was no ordinary murder. I lived and worked in Guam for 15 years. Jan was a dear friend and this is a heinous crime.
Deny parole to this brutal murderer. Jan was a colleague who was engaged in ensuring her client received a fair legal disposition. The same justice should apply to consideration of the release of her murderer. His criminal act warrants life in prison.
Tho i believe in forgiveness. This is not an appropriate situation for it. Life in prison is what is called for. Rachel will forever be inprisoned by the loss - as should he. Freedom is not justice for this murderer.
I was neighbors with this family in Ipan and I also babysat the 3 girls a few times. Sweet little girls that were forever denied their mother because if this monster....he does not deserve to be let out back into society!
I strongly oppose prison release for the brutal murder of Jan and the pain inflicted on her three young daughters as well as he n those of us who loved Jan dearly.
At the time of Jan's murder her children were in Harvest Christian Academy where I served as School Administrator and Pastor of the church. Jan was a loving mother and very nice to everyone. Many people were devastated at her senseless execution. Dizon caused enough pain to this family to last a lifetime. Please don't allow him to inflict more pain by paroling him.
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The Guam Parole Board has officially denied the parole request of Cesar Dizon. This outcome confirms the effectiveness of the testimony provided during the hearing process. I will continue to monitor future filings to ensure this status remains unchanged.
December 13, 2016
Final supporters
UPDATE: 2/15/17
To all Friends and Family of Jan Forever,
We are very pleased to announce that the Guam Parole Board again denied the parole request of convicted murderer Cesar Dizon.
Thank you all for your support; it was very powerful testimony at the parole hearing.
We will be asking you to sign-in for next year’s hearing, around January 2018. Please be watching for our next petition.
___________________________
We, the Friends and Family of Jan Forever, petition the Guam Parole Board to DENY the parole request of convicted murderer Cesar Dizon.
On August 23, 1995 Jan Rubenstein appeared in court to represent Dizon’s wife in a bitter divorce case before Judge B.J. Cruz. After the hearing Dizon followed Jan back to her office where he waited until she exited her car. He followed her as she ascended the stairs to her office, approached her from behind, and shot her in the back of her head.
Jan lay in a coma at GMH and was sustained on life support for 4 days until she died in the early morning hours of August 27, 1995. She was only 35 years old. Jan was in the prime of her life – she was a successful lawyer and mother of three daughters, Molly, Rachel and Meghan, ages 7, 6 and 4. They are deprived of their mother forever.
Dizon’s wife and Jan went to court to get a divorce from Dizon in accordance with Guam law. But Dizon refused to abide by the law, and he refused to respect the legal system to run its course. He took the law into his own hands and killed Jan in a cowardly and cold-blooded manner. Dizon did not respect the law in 1995, and there is no reason to believe he will abide by the law if paroled.
Cesar Dizon must be held accountable for his brutal acts in stalking Jan Rubenstein and executing her. By his acts he doomed Jan’s daughters, her family and friends to a life without her. Because of his complete disregard for human life and the brutality of his crime, justice demands that this convicted murderer be denied parole. He must remain behind bars where he cannot again harm another human being.
We, the undersigned, respectfully ask that the Guam Parole Board DENY Cesar Dizon’s parole request.
Hearing Date: Thursday, November 17, 2016 at the Harmon Sports Complex, Guam (Time not yet available)
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Friends and Family of Jan Forever
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in her
may be clearer in her absence,
as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.
And let there be no purpose in friendship
save the deepening of the spirit.
From "Friendship", The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
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Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
November 15, 2016
October 25, 2016
The petition hit one hundred signatures this morning. This threshold provides the necessary leverage for the formal letter I am currently drafting to the parole board members.
Reached 100 supporters
October 23, 2016
344 Comments
While I did not know Jan, my boy was in a special school with her daughter, Meghan, who we got to know very well. The obvious harmful effects that losing her mother had on her must be considered as a reason to deny parole to her killer.
I remember this story when I was a teenager. I cant imagine this guy ever getting out of prison. I have had the pleasure of enjoying my mothers company all these years, which is something this man has taken away from her three daughters.
Surely the murder of a defense attorney undermines the heart of justice as much as the murder of a police Officer. This was no ordinary murder. I lived and worked in Guam for 15 years. Jan was a dear friend and this is a heinous crime.
Deny parole to this brutal murderer. Jan was a colleague who was engaged in ensuring her client received a fair legal disposition. The same justice should apply to consideration of the release of her murderer. His criminal act warrants life in prison.
Tho i believe in forgiveness. This is not an appropriate situation for it. Life in prison is what is called for. Rachel will forever be inprisoned by the loss - as should he. Freedom is not justice for this murderer.
I was neighbors with this family in Ipan and I also babysat the 3 girls a few times. Sweet little girls that were forever denied their mother because if this monster....he does not deserve to be let out back into society!
I strongly oppose prison release for the brutal murder of Jan and the pain inflicted on her three young daughters as well as he n those of us who loved Jan dearly.
At the time of Jan's murder her children were in Harvest Christian Academy where I served as School Administrator and Pastor of the church. Jan was a loving mother and very nice to everyone. Many people were devastated at her senseless execution. Dizon caused enough pain to this family to last a lifetime. Please don't allow him to inflict more pain by paroling him.
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While I did not know Jan, my boy was in a special school with her daughter, Meghan, who we got to know very well. The obvious harmful effects that losing her mother had on her must be considered as a reason to deny parole to her killer.