| Curtis Fairchild Jones | |
| Birth Date: | 1986 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Alabama, United States |
| Criminal Charge: | Murder |
| Relatives: | Catherine Jones (sister) |
Curtis Fairchild Jones (born May 31, 1986), now a Christian minister, is the youngest person in the United States to have been tried as an adult and convicted of murder at the time of his conviction.[1] [2]
Jones was born in Alabama. He was about 12 years of age at the time of his conviction.[3] Curtis was convicted of second-degree murder during 1999 along with his 13-year-old sister, Catherine Jones, and subsequently incarcerated in jail in Florida. He was released from South Bay Correctional Facility on July 28, 2015.[3]
While most states in the US typically try juveniles under the age of 18 in a separate juvenile court, there is a legal precedent of the age of majority being considered lower for some heinous crimes. For example, in Kentucky, the lowest age a juvenile may be tried as an adult, no matter how heinous the crime, is 14. The trial and subsequent conviction of a 12-year-old in the US is considered a rare (but not unique) case.