Boy in 'Wrestling Death' Freed From Jail

[lomasmoney]

he was also a child. No one that young should be sentenced to death, even those school shooters weren't given life in prision and they did something in my opinion much worse than did Tate

[Kahran Ramsus]

he was also a child. No one that young should be sentenced to death, even those school shooters weren't given life in prision and they did something in my opinion much worse than did Tate

So, despite the fact that he very well might do it again, he should be let go without pretty much any rehabilitation whatsoever?

 

Good plan.

[Guest MikeSC]

he was also a child. No one that young should be sentenced to death, even those school shooters weren't given life in prision and they did something in my opinion much worse than did Tate

The defense of "those who did worse got lighter sentences" is real bad. Using that, since OJ was acquitted, murder would now be unpunishable.

-=Mike

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I agree with the mental ward statement, only I'm not so sure they should ever let him loose.

 

If he killed someone at 13, he's obviously disturbed, and throwing him directly in prison for eternity, with the general population, would pretty much groom him to be the sickest of the sick. People like that get second chances later on with parole after being in the stir for ages, letting him out worse than when he went in.

 

Still, I wouldn't feel quite right sticking a child in ol' sparky, so I say make him a thorazine zombie ward of the state. Cheaper than jail, Cheaper than the chair, no molestation or even worse, criminal education and refinement from other lowlifes, and no moral highground or relativism. Just stick him in a padded cell with lots of pills. He's a nutcase.

 

Edit: oh yeah, he's not going to kill anyone else that way, either.

[2GOLD]

Lets make this simpler, was ANYONE in favor of just letting him free like the state did?

 

I know some want death, some want mental ward and some want maybe a combo of both.

 

But did anyone here want him to just be allowed to return home after only three years?

[Styles]

I know some want death, some want mental ward and some want maybe a combo of both.

Now how would THAT work?

[Guest MikeSC]

I know some want death, some want mental ward and some want maybe a combo of both.

Now how would THAT work?

Um, kill him in a psycho ward?

-=Mike

[2GOLD]

I know some want death, some want mental ward and some want maybe a combo of both.

Now how would THAT work?

Um, kill him in a psycho ward?

-=Mike

 

Exactly

 

Or, you drug him up so much it kills his mind but leaves his body alive.

 

That and I forgot the freaking "some want prison" option so I'm trying to cover it up.

[EdwardKnoxII]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/29/wrestlin...h.ap/index.html

 

Lionel Tate pleads guilty to second-degree murder charge

 

Mother of girl killed sought public statement from teenager

 

Thursday, January 29, 2004 Posted: 2:54 PM EST (1954 GMT)

 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) -- Lionel Tate pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in the death of a 6-year-old playmate, finalizing a deal with prosecutors in a case that has stirred national debate over Florida's treatment of juvenile criminals.

 

Tate declined to speak to the court but the teen offered through his attorney to meet with the mother of the victim.

 

The mother, Deweese Eunick-Paul, told the court earlier that Tate committed a "brutal murder," but that she forgave him.

 

"This was not child's play. This was not roughhousing. This was a brutal murder," Deweese Eunick-Paul said.

 

"I firmly believe in God and I believe in forgiveness. I so much believe in God and for that I have forgiven you, Lionel," she said. "I have forgiven Lionel and I have forgiven Lionel for brutally murdering my daughter."

 

Tate, wearing a tan suit and an open collar, showed little reaction as he listened to her.

 

Tate had claimed he accidentally killed 6-year-old Tiffany Eunick while imitating professional wrestling moves he had seen on television. Tate, who turns 17 on Friday, now says he leaped from a staircase and accidentally landed on her chest.

 

An appeals court threw out Tate's first-degree murder conviction last month, ruling he might not have understood the criminal proceedings against him four years ago. (Full story)

 

Instead of holding another trial, prosecutors offered Tate a plea that would sentence him to the three years he has already served. Tate rejected an identical plea deal before his trial in 2001.