how old was the youngest person to ever be sent to prison for murder?”
Lionel Alexander Tate[1] (born January 30, 1987) was convicted of first-degree murder for battering a 6-year-old playmate, Tiffany Eunick, to death on July 28, 1999, a crime for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment without chance of parole on March 9, 2001. Contents [hide] 1 The crime and conviction 2 The sentence and the controversy 3 Original sentence overturned 4 Probation violation 5 Armed robbery arrest and subsequent plea bargain 6 See also 7 References 8 External links [edit] The crime and conviction Tate was left alone with Eunick, who was being babysat by Tate’s mother, Kathleen Grossett-Tate, while she took a nap upstairs. Tate’s defense argued that the then 12-year-old, 166 pound boy was playing with the 6-year-old, 46 pound girl, and had accidentally killed her while showing her professional wrestling moves he said he had seen on television. Tate was convicted of killing Eunick by stomping on her so forcefully that her liver lacerated.[2] Her other injuries included
