On July 1999, Lionel Tate was left alone with 6-year-old Tiffany Eunick when she became unresponsive. Eunick was being babysat by Tate’s mother, Kathleen Grossett-Tate, who left the children playing downstairs. After Tate’s mother told them to quiet down, Tate went to his mother 45 minutes later to tell her that Eunick was no longer breathing. He stated that Eunick hit her head on the table as the result of their wrestling.
Eventually, Tate was convicted of killing Eunick by forcibly stomping on her and lacerating her liver. At just 13, he became the youngest American citizen to be sentenced to life in prison. Later, his sentence was overturned, on grounds that life imprisonment was too harsh a sentence for someone so young, and because Tate’s mental competency had not been fully assessed before trial. Eventually released to house arrest, Tate has been in and out of prison since beginning probation.
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