Word: tates
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...story of Lionel Tate is doubly tragic. Tate, a 12-year-old boy, was convicted of maliciously beating six-year-old Tiffany Eunick to death earlier last month. As punishment, a Florida judge sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole...
...Tate is a murderer, plain and simple. But not even the prosecution thought he deserved to go to jail for life...
...Tate's case, two of the most egregious problems of American's judicial system combined to prevent justice from being served. First, though he was only 12 when he killed Eunick, Tate was tried as an adult. And when he was convicted, the judge had no choice but to abide by mandatory sentencing laws, incarcerating Tate for life...
Juveniles are normally held to different standards than adults due to their emotional immaturity and potential for change. In Tate's case, this seems particularly relevant-his mental capacity was far below average for his age. Though the 170-pound Tate may be as big as an adult, there is little doubt that he was emotionally immature...
...definition of so-called adult crimes. They streamlined the process that held sway for much of the last century, whereby a juvenile-court judge decided each child's fate. In more than half the states, certain juvenile offenders now go to adult court without any hearings at all. Once Tate's mother rejected a plea offer and the jury reached a guilty verdict, Broward County Judge Joel Lazarus had little choice but to sentence Tate to life...