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NATICK – Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz testified against the release of a man who murdered both of his parents and 11 year-old sister yesterday before the state Parole Board.
On October 9, 1993, then 15 year-old Gerard McCra, now known as Kuluwm Asar, argued with both of his parents. McCra possessed a firearm and later that same day, shot his mother, Merle McCra, 36, in the head inside their family home. McCra then went outside and executed his father, Gerard McCra, Jr., 34, and sister, Melanie, shooting them in the back of their heads inside the family car as he sat in the backseat.
1995년 플리머스 카운티 배심원단은 맥크라에게 살인 혐의에 대해 유죄를 선고하고 가석방 가능성 없이 종신형을 동시에 세 번 선고했습니다. 1998년 6월 3일, 대법원은 그의 유죄 판결을 확정했습니다. 2013년 대법원은 디아첸코 대 서퍽 지방 검사 및 기타 사건에서 가석방 가능성 없는 종신형을 규정한 법률 조항이 1급 살인죄로 유죄 판결을 받은 청소년에게 적용되는 것은 무효라는 판결을 내렸습니다. 또한 법원은 해당 청소년에게 가석방 심리를 제공해야 한다고 결정했습니다. 맥크라는 살인 사건 당시 15세였기 때문에 가석방 자격이 있었습니다.
On May 30, 2019, McCra, first appeared before the state Parole Board for a review hearing where DA Cruz spoke in opposition to his parole. In March, 2020, the state Parole Board unanimously denied McCra’s parole. In May, 2024, McCra once again appeared before the board, and they unanimously denied his parole, and set two years to the next hearing date, which was held yesterday.
“McCra savagely executed his entire family back in 1993,” DA Cruz said. “This man has had more than three decades to consider the magnitude and wrongfulness of his heinous actions. He has also had that time to take advantage of the programming our prison system has to offer and better himself, but he has chosen not to do so. McCra was a danger in 1993, and in my opinion, he is still a danger today. This man should never be returned to the community of Rochester, the County of Plymouth, or to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and I urge the board to deny parole to McCra.”
MAY 21, 2026