September 09, 2004

Lionel Tate Charged With Probation Violation

A teen whose life sentence in the beating death of a 6-year-old playmate was thrown out on appeal went before a judge Wednesday on charges he violated his probation by walking around late at night with a pocket knife. Lionel Tate, now 17, had been the youngest child in modern U.S. history to be given a life sentence. Posted by Webmaster at September 9, 2004 07:47 AM