Eric Smith (murderer)
Eric M. Smith (January 22, 1980) is an American murderer who, at the age of thirteen, murdered a 4-year-old boy named Derrick Robie in Steuben County, New York, on August 2, 1993.
Smith was tried as an adult, making him the youngest murder defendant tried as an adult in New York state history.
Smith was charged and convicted on August 1994 and sentenced to 9 years to life in prison.[1]
Smith was denied parole 10 times between 2002 and January 2020. He had also apologized to Derrick's family in multiple interviews, he had also explained that he had been abused by his stepfather, Ted and bullied by his classmates and that he took his anger out on Derrick because of it. Smith was granted parole on October 2021, after 27 years of incarceration. He was released on February 1, 2022.
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- ↑ "Family of slain 4-year-old sees murderer sentenced". News-Press. 1994-11-08. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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