Mccurty Crimes

On October 23, 2015 at around 1 o’clock a.m., a 25 year-old women named Shaneku McCurty was brutally murdered at a gas station because she defended herself against three carjackers. The accused carjackers were 15 year old Demonte Grant, 16 year old Cameron Williams, and 16 year-old Jermaine Grant. Since they were under 18, they are considered minors but may be trialed as adults. Violent crimes are offenses which involve force or threat of force. Prosecutors believe that children who commit a violent crime, to the extent that the victim has to suffer or did not deserve the violent act, should be charged as an adult. Many children are accused of committing a violent crime everyday.
Whether the situation be robbery, murder, or just physical aggression, many children are trialed as adults at very young ages. Children need to learn that the …show more content…
On October 23,2015, when Shaneku McCurty was brutally murdered by a group of minors, the security camera showed that the minors were at the gas station around 1 o 'clock a.m. The Stone Mountain curfew in Georgia is 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday and 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Friday through Saturdays. Being that the minors were out past curfew, broke one law, but the fact that they murdered an innocent woman who was just getting off of work and at the gas station to buy a lottery ticket, shows that they were acting as adults. DeKalb Public Safety Director, Cedric Alexander, not only believes that these minors should be tried as adults but asks where their parents were at 1 o 'clock a.m. to allow their children out at that time. Alexander believe that if communities have better parenting, a lot of children that are currently in prison probably wouldn 't be in prison now. Allowing juveniles to face the harsh consequences that come as a result of the decisions they make, will allow other juveniles to think before they