e years. But years later he realized how foolish his actions were as a juvenile and that when he thought about that night at the playground, it caused him intense pain and regret.Agron was found guilty on all accounts and sentenced to death even though his attorney tried to get him off in disputing that he was severely disturbed at the time and was far from a wanton killer. Hernandez pled guilty to manslaughter and was given a sentence of 7.5 to 15 years in prison. The other members received diversified lesser sentences. Agron died of a heat attack in 1986 just before his 42nd birthday.In an effort to deter the rate of homicide and gang related crime the police commissioner added thousands to the police force as a result of this instance, led to by many others. The combination of ethnic groups has changed over the years but the mixed use, mixed income, mixed cultural background of the neighborhood still remains very similar. A radical change that has taken place is that the number of children attending school has greatly increase and this has had an inverse affect on crime and gang formations and related crime and homicide. Today the neighborhood still holds some of its dark areas and tough streets but the amount of gang violence has decreased dramatically and educated youths are making a positive change within the neighborhood. BibliographySchneider, Eric C. Vampires, Dragons and Egyptian Kings Princeton University Press, New York. 1959http://hellskitchen.net/resource/history/brendle/crime.htm http://www.midtownmedia.com/chronicle/Hkhistory.htm...
