The Case Of Lionel Tate

Lionel Tate was just 13 years old when he was convicted of the murder of 6 year old Tiffany Eunick on in 1999. He is the youngest American citizen to be convicted of first degree murder and sentenced life in prison without possibility of parole in January 2001. Possible reasons of his delinquency may be his fascination with wrestling and him imitating the moves and hits he sees when he watches it. On the day of the murder Lionel Tate decided to practice some of the wrestling moves he had seen his favorite wrestlers perform on his favorite television show, WWF Smackdown. Lionel demonstrated some pro-wrestling techniques with 6-year-old, forty-eight pound Tiffany Eunick, with it ending that she was punched, thrown, kicked and stomped …show more content…
Eric Smith brutally murdered a small 4 year old little boy for no reason whatsoever. He is now serving a 9 to life sentence, and has tried to appeal his sentence several times and failed. The way he lure the little boy and the way he killed him and treated the body really shows how sick and mentally unstable the boy was and most likely still is to this day. He chose to end Derrick Robie 's life, and he chose to do it in a way that was much more than just killing. Eric strangled Derrick and battered him with the rocks, he also went into his lunch bag smashed the banana and took the kool aid juice drink and spilled it and sodomized him with a small stick. Reading that would make any person believe that this boy had serious problems and really needs to spend the rest of his life in …show more content…
He tried to justify what he did by writing and reading his letter of apology in a television broadcast. According to investigators and experts, it seemed like he really enjoyed what he did and did not want it to end. Some may argue that everyone, especially a kid deserves a second chance and that its not fair, but it’s not fair the 4 year old boy is dead and is not getting a second chance, he should never be let