Calls for Death Penalty Intensify as Students Recall Violent Past of Angela Mejia, Accused of Killing 9-Year-Old Chantel Crump
Students from The Harrison Center, formerly known as ABICE, are among those calling for the death penalty in the case of Angela Mejia, the 20-year-old charged with the murder of nine-year-old Chantel Crump. Mejia, who once attended ABICE before being expelled for attacking another student, is described by former classmates as having a long history of violent behavior. Prior to ABICE, she was also expelled from Otters Comprehensive School amid repeated altercations on and off campus.
Mejia’s arrest followed a chilling turn of events in which she led authorities to Chantel’s body, discovered in the bushes at Weather Hills. In the hours that followed, outraged residents staged a protest outside police headquarters demanding the death penalty. Weeks later, emotions remain high, particularly among her former classmates, who continue to advocate for capital punishment in response to the brutality of the crime.
“She should be executed… publicly too,” one former student stated. “What she did was terrible—a very evil, cruel act.” Another added, “She should suffer and then die. If it were up to me, I’d want her gone.” Their sentiments reflect the widespread anger and heartbreak felt across the community, especially given Chantel’s young age and the horrifying details that have emerged.
However, not everyone agrees. Bishop Charlesworth Browne, a counselor at The Harrison Center and head of the Christian Ministry Center, urged caution. “The death penalty is not the answer to reducing violence or healing society. We need to focus on justice and restoration, not revenge,” he said. He warned of the risk of wrongful convictions and emphasized the importance of a fair judicial process.
Legal experts note that while the mandatory death sentence was declared unconstitutional, courts still retain the discretion to impose it under exceptional circumstances. “The Court of Appeal, through justices such as Sir Dennis Byron and Justice Adrian Saunders, has laid out guidelines for its application,” one observer explained.
The debate surrounding the case underscores the moral and legal complexities involved in seeking the ultimate punishment. As the trial approaches, the question remains: will Angela Mejia’s past and the nature of the crime meet the threshold for capital punishment—and what will that decision say about justice in today’s society?
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Death penalty for Angela.
Wait a minute. Andrew you come here trying to cause a war? Antiguans have the worse stories on people…I tell you
Im in full support of the death penalty
I totally agree.
Since we are out here raged about this younng lady getting the death penalty. I’m Sure the father of this child has been to jail for murder. If we are to look back at 2002 and I think that was march, where Mr. Everette Crump was charged with murder?? The murder of Owen Douglas to my greatest knowledge if im not wrong. yes he did not work alone, but the damages was done and he was apart. This could be Karma but little Chantel Crump wasn’t suppose to pay for the acts of her fathers past. But was he given death penalty? No he wasn’t. Although im rooting for the death penalty to Angela, I just have to reflect on this. But not to stray away, Angela did a crime and she has to pay. And she should get the death penalty. cause that was a child.
But I don’t understand why the faces are blurred out. and even to top it off this was all a waste of you camera space, your production team time and all that. This video was just pushed aside by the government and the law enforcers.
The death penalty is a serious matter. To add to the list of those already killed is not going to help. Will this girl ever be forgiven is left up to her heart. To Chantels family…God be with you. The death penalty is not going to work. In that case then, let us kill the policemen who murdered innocent men…Even politicians in ANtigua have commited murder. Soon we will have no one living here because even us kill people in our minds everyday.
Let them suffer for whatever crime they do. Life for life
Will the Antiguan government even consider this? Will they even care to watch the video? even share it among their colleagues? they don’t care about us or even what we do. They won’t consider it, just like they won’t an Official Funeral for Chantel.
If this is the heights we have to go to then Antigua.News, Antigua Surf and the entirety of Antigua are ten toes behind you. This is becoming out of hand and writing a story with all words will not help the situation at hand. Let the Gaston rethink his thought on the death penalty after hearing the voices of these people. Time enough things become different and we want out voices heard this time. Let’s scream death penalty so they hear us even from their offices.
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Everyday i wake up and wonder why i choose to live in Antigua. A government that let’s you down and a justice system that only fails you. Let’s be frl right now. this is how we will continue living? We need justice for chantel and we won’t accept it no other way than a death penalty. I saw that same Article Rhea was talking about and I thought the same. This becomes ridiculous. GASTON AND HIS ADMINISTRATION NEED TO BOSS UP.
Go to TRINIDAD, JAMAICA or DOMINICA then nuh! Nobody likes you or wants you in Antigua anyway!!!
I’m sorry, but Antigua needs to send a message to all the lowlifes out there. Do a public hanging in recreation grounds. Pity it couldn’t be compulsory that everyone attend as gruesome as it may be. I think the satisfaction would be appreciated.
In a matter like this, the death penalty shouldn’t have to be asked for. It should be automatic. we already see there’s no justice coming out if this. i read a story where the mother and father was given death penalty in Jamaica for torture and murder of a 10 year old. why cant Antigua follow example…..
In total agreement there shouldn’t be no questions asked.
with all that’s going on today. would you want your Identity to be shown? Antigua.News is doing well blocking out the faces to protect the identity of these young people. who knows if Ms. Angela is working alone.
The blurry faces are to protect the person’s identity
Monique stop giving them people praise. The production is alright. Not perfect. Blurred faces. What is this? However we captured the essence of the story which is good
Awesome AntiguaNewsRoonm. And my all time favorite line I totaly agree with the death penalty be givne to Angela. I mean looking at this case, this is a very serious matter at hand. I can’t even get up a day without thinking of the wickedness of the crime. She doesn’t deserve to be eating my tax money or anyones tax money.
This qualifies as an extenuating circumstance.
Eliminate that bitch. Justice for Chantel means justice for all of Antiguan children.
We will shall not tolerant senseless killing and assaults against our most vulnerable.
An eye for an eye. A life for a life.
Eliminate that b*tch.
Why Charlesworth Browne nuh move he rasshole? He musdi wah for go and f*ck she when she deh ah prison.
This b*tch Angela clearly never wanted anything for her life. She nuh want no education or advancement and instead a go look fu improve she self, she gone go drive round fu abduct nearga pickney!
Kill she scunt!
Heng she ra$$ hole!!
A child exhibiting violence (the alleged murderer) indicates something seriously wrong, at home or psychologically. Someone or the system failed this person. The answer is to change the mental health system, improve emotional supports in the schools and help the family systems across the island. There has to be healing. Chantel was an innocent victim, no more violence.
This is really an opportunity for social/behavioral/mental scientist to study this person which will be beneficial for the future and even for her trial.
I hope the government is doing as much as it can to learn from this horrific situation. Let this not be all bad but get whatever good we can from it.
If what is being said here is correct and she participated in the homicide of the child, we need to learn her mental, emotional, behavioral and social state and use it to the benefit of society and individuals.
@ Ann Phelan- Aryu always ah talk bout somebody a fail somebody. By that case, we should round up all the children from poor and problematic backgrounds and kill them now to protect the people who are not being failed by their parents. But we are not doing that because we know that despite a person’s struggles, they can choose to be better this gyal nah min want anything for she self. She came out of her way to shed innocent blood and her blood SHOULD be shed.
Aryu wah for look so progressive, aryu look chupid!
Enough of this Harrison Center’s deliberate thrust into the spotlight on their opinion vis-a-vis the use of the death penalty. Who or what is this Harrison Center. To some in the know, Harrison Center is the glorified name of the former Youth Skills later renamed ABICE. This institution was created decades ago by the late Father of the Nation, the Hon Vere Cornwall Bird, to achieve the following goals.
1) to rescue and retrain primary and secondary drop-outs in technical and vocational knowkedge and skills.
2) to provide to said students a sense of confidence and the necessary competence to meet market demands or establish themselves as independent skilled workers. (MANY CAN TODAY ATTEST TO THE QUALITY OF LIVING ROOM, DINING AND BEDROOM AND KITCHEN furniture produced during the era of Youth Skills Many of today’s successful construction greats and house builders would, if honest, point to the Youth Skills program as having given them their earliest inspiration. Students then, were never charged a fee to attend but rather were given a stipend to facilitate their regular attendance.
Then in came the reckless, careless, snotty Lester Bird administration who cluelessly turned the program into money-making enterprise, rebranding it ABICE and turning the “Institute” over to a handful of unqualified ,political cronies who regarded the “Institute” as their personal enrichment bonus. Unlike other educational establishments, no annual targets were set, no accountability demanded, no progress of any note recorded. The UPP administration with its own penchant for bobol and poor administration continued in the same vein. Millions of taxpayers’ money pumped in annually, no accountability, dismal graduation records, both in terms of quantity and quality and strong evidence of misappropriation of the “Institute’s funds,, no questions asked.
And now, under the present administration, with its new title, the Harrison Center., the Hom PM and his Ministry of Education have A GREAT DEAL TO ANSWER FOR! In the meantime we are fed BS as to the reasons why we need to import Construction workers out of the DR for Antigua’s so-called growing economy. DARYLL MATTHEW, what’s up with this national spotlight on the Harrison Center ? Are you and your misfit colleagues in the Ministry of Educationr eady for a serious investigation? Think before you answer!
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, GASTON SAID ON NATIONAL TV THAT HE DOESNT SUPPORT THE DEATH PENALTY FOR MEJIA. BUT GUESS WHA??? ANNA FU HE PICKNEY SO HE CAN FREELY SAY HE DOESNT SUPPORT THE DEATH PENALTY! BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THAT IF CHANTEL AH MI FO HEY PICKNEY, HE ASK DEN FO LET HIM HANG MEJIA HIMSELF!!! HOW MUCH I BET YOU????