Overturned

In January of 2004, after years of trying to get Tate's conviction overturned, it was found that a pre-trial competency had not been completed, therefore overturning his previous conviction and ordering a retrial. 

Not wanting to subject Lionel to another trial his mother accepted the prosecutions new plea deal. The new deal was a confession to 2nd degree murder, 3 years in a juvenile justice facility (most of which he had already served), and 10 years probation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nGFISVOvB0&t=15s

Aguayo, T. (2004, September 09). Teenager Freed by Court Is Charged. Retrieved September 09, 2017, from http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/09/us/teenager-freed-by-court-is-charged.html


American Crime . (2016, November 24). Retrieved September 09, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtksaQopdyY&t=50s

YouTube. (2011, March 17). Retrieved September 09, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nGFISVOvB0&t=15s