14 year old sentanced to life in prison, what do you think?

[Rich]

I know this is old, but I haven't seen a discussion about it here. What do you guys think about this?

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/...ate030307.html

So this 12 year old boy killed a 6 year old girl, violently. Then he got a life sentance at the age of 14.

Do you think he deserves it? Personally I'm not sure. He deserves a pentaly, but life in prison?

Do you think he would have gotten the same sentance if he was a rich white kid? No chance in hell.

[MetaMan]

burn the devil kid

[EscortBiz]

Once a killer always a killer, but at that age I would of locked him up for 3 years

[Dildozer]

Give his parents the life sentence and punish him as well

[421Fill]

"...killed a 6 year old girl, violently."


this pretty much sums up why I think the punishment is fair.

[Nasty D]

too much TV for his fragile little mind

[asuna]

Eunick-Paul doesn't recall anything out of the ordinary about Lionel, who was 12 when she met him. He was a very large boy for his age, nearly 6 feet tall and 166 pounds. He never seemed argumentative or violent to her, she said, and he had played well with Tiffany, who, at only 48 pounds was about a third his size.

[bogo]

give the kid a good spanking,and send him home,and ban him from t.v and the puter for 10 years...

[asuna]

The autopsy showed that Tiffany had suffered a crushed skull, broken ribs, more than 30 internal bruises. Her liver had been shredded and pushed through her rib cage. The case was sent to the Broward State Attorney's Office and the decision was made to charge Lionel as an adult ? with first-degree murder.

He gave her one hell of a beating

[[Labret]]

chop off one of his limbs or cripple him. Give him a reminder for the rest of his life. Tattoo a picture of the victim on his chest.

[detoxed]

"I offered Lionel Tate, three years in a juvenile facility, followed by one year of house arrest and 10 years of probation with psychological counseling and therapy." Padowitz said he didn't understand why neither Tate, nor his attorneys, nor his mother accepted the deal.
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I would kill my lawyer next if I was that kid.

[playa]

First Degree Murder?

should of tooken the plea

[angeleyes]

1. I agree the attorney was an idiot for not accepting the plea.

2. At the age of 12.... I can't imagine such a young child being capable of such a harsh crime, so I put a lot of blame on the way he was raised. I think a punishment should have been imposed on the parents. I'm sure his behavior prior to this incident wasn't that of an angel and his parents obviously let him get away with it.

3. White or Black--the kid would have went down either way.

4. Life in Prison with no chance of parole-- I think that was a little stiff, but then again I wouldn't want that little lunatic running around my neighborhood.

5. I think they should have put him in a mental facility until the age of 21 and then sentenced him at that time. (not released him, but sentenced him at this time). To see what kind of person he was after seperation from his parents and heavy psychological evaluation, treatment.


yeah, yeah........ I'm rambling... It's Friday and my Brain shuts down for the weekend at 4:45pm sharp.

Have a good weekend all you GFYers.

[applejacks]

Is a very sad story for both ends. I remember this case and is really fucked up. The Kid was 12 at the time, I dont think he knew what the fuck he was doing. I had heard he was doing wrestling moves that he had seen on WWE(WWF). Lets face this, how about those rapist that get low senteces? They should be torture to death. The kid should have gotten a good punishment but life with no parole I think is something out of this world.