Ex-NBA Player Javaris Crittenton Gets 23-Year Prison Sentence For Murder

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Ex-NBA Player Javaris Crittenton Gets 23-Year Prison Sentence For Murder

Javaris Crittenton was once a promising young NBA player. Today, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison for his involvement in the murder of a mother of four back in 2011.
 
Crittenton, you may remember, was part of the gun-pulling incident with Wizards teammate Gilbert Arenas in 2010. It was the beginning of the end to both of their NBA careers, as it turned out.
In April 2013, Crittenton was indicted on murder charges.
From ESPN‘s John Barr:

Former NBA player Javaris Crittenton pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday, admitting in an Atlanta courtroom that he was a gang member and to his role in the 2011 shooting death of a mother of four.
 
Crittenton faces a 23-year prison sentence.
 
Prior to his involvement in two August 2011 Atlanta-area shootings, the second of which left Julian Jones, 22, dead, Crittenton was best known to most NBA fans for his role in the infamous confrontation with former Washington Wizards teammate Gilbert Arenas in which both players admitted to pulling out guns in the locker room.
 
Jury selection for Crittenton’s murder trial wrapped up Tuesday, and opening arguments were scheduled to begin Wednesday before Crittenton suddenly changed course and pleaded guilty.
 
Crittenton played alongside Dwight Howard in high school at Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy and later became a standout at Georgia Tech.
 
Prosecutors were preparing to introduce evidence that he joined a street gang his rookie year in the NBA.
 
Shortly after becoming the 19th overall pick in 2007 and signing a contract with the Los Angeles Lakers for $2.6 million in guaranteed money, Crittenton joined the West Los Angeles street gang known as the Mansfield Gangster Crips.
 
On Wednesday, Crittenton admitted in court to being a gang member in a tearful guilty plea in which he apologized to the family of Jones. In open court, Crittenton acknowledged that he joined a gang for protection, said J. Gabriel Banks, Deputy District Attorney for Fulton County, Georgia.
 
“It’s just an unfortunate circumstance. He ruined his career but, more importantly, he ruined the life of Julian Jones and her family,” Banks said.
 
“It’s just a waste of talent,” Banks added. “Something has to be done to answer the question of why professional athletes are joining street gangs for protection.”
 
Prosecutors said Crittenton was aiming for a man, a rival gang member, who allegedly robbed him days earlier, and that he shot Jones instead, who was an innocent bystander. Crittenton also pleaded guilty to aggravated assault Wednesday, for his attempt to shoot the rival gang member.
 
Crittenton also was facing attempted murder charges, for a second shooting in August 2011, but those charges were dismissed as part of the plea agreement Crittenton accepted Wednesday, Banks said.
 
Crittenton’s cousin, Douglas Gamble, the driver of the vehicle Crittenton was shooting from on the night Jones was killed, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault Wednesday and was sentenced to three years in prison.

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[Pugz]

terrible

 

[BwareDWare94]

Shithead

 

[RipCity32]

Bye bye

 

[dez]

damn, never knew he was Crip, and joined his rookie year? its more behind that story...
 
least he took fault for his actions, pleaded guilty, hopefully it helps the victims family healing process.

 

[Mexi]

Wow he joined the crips after joining the lakers?
Freaking crazy

 

[elcheato]

damn, never knew he was Crip, and joined his rookie year? its more behind that story...
 
least he took fault for his actions, pleaded guilty, hopefully it helps the victims family healing process.

I'm going to take a guess and say he pleaded out more so to get a lessor sentence (93% of cases end in pleas)

 

[Pugz]

Wow he joined the crips after joining the lakers?
Freaking crazy

i thought that was well known. his first murder was all gang related

 

[Mexi]

Jesus

 

[Pugz]

this dude was making millions and you know he was turning it over back to the hood and dealing dope too.

 

[dez]

LA cats was at his neck or something..

 

[Pugz]

i thought it was a family member you got him into it when he went to la

 

[Mexi]

Any more info on that?
Thats really interesting to me

 

[Pugz]

im just trying to remember when all this came about right after the gun fiasco with gilbert

 

[Mexi]

I missed it all

Gangs really intrigue me
Not that ill ever join one but just learning about them

 

[Pugz]

theyre really like a business. what intrigues me is when you hear about athletes getting caught up in them.

the shocking thing is when you hear about stars. rumors have always been around about pierce and possibly brandon jennings, even early on tyson chandler. it's the lower level players that you need to worry about. they don't have the huge contracts so they may feel the need to still linger around the crowd.