All three found guilty

Defendants to serve life sentences

  • Cameren Banks (center) and his attorney Melvin Raines in front of Superior Court Judge Alison Burleson to discuss the defendant’s option of testifying at last week’s trial. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff
    Cameren Banks (center) and his attorney Melvin Raines in front of Superior Court Judge Alison Burleson to discuss the defendant’s option of testifying at last week’s trial. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff
  • More than 500 exhibits were entered into evidence by the state during the two weeks of the trial of three defendants for the Nov. 13, 2017, murder of Marquis Hardwick. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff
    More than 500 exhibits were entered into evidence by the state during the two weeks of the trial of three defendants for the Nov. 13, 2017, murder of Marquis Hardwick. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff
    A senseless act of violence took the lives of four young men: one who was murdered, and three others sentenced to spend the rest of their lives in prison. The trial of Cameren Myles Banks, Justerrious Shyhem Canty and Jaqualan Desean Clark ended Oct. 6, following six days of testimony in Jones County Superior Court. The three defendants were arrested in December of 2017 for ...

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