Play time with Lionel Tate?
Tiffany was only six years old, like usual just hanging out with tate while being babysat by his mother, its not clear or known if the babysitter always left them two alone while she was doing something else. But this time, she wasn't there, she was upstairs in her room sleeping, while tate and tiffany were "playing" or should I say Lionel was playing.
I believe it was justified for Lionel to do time, but the thought of him being charged and seen as an adult at the age of only 12 years old wasn't as okay to me.
Although he did end up showing remorse in the end, once he was around the age of 16, I still wonder how he was able to hurt Tiffany so violently to the point where he killed her.
I also believed the mother of Lionel Tate should have had some kind of responsibility for what had happened to Tiffany, since she was not doing what she was suppose to, taking care of young tiffany.
I agree with your point about the mother. I feel like if she had played a bigger role that day, then this may have never happened. I think it is strange that she was supposed to be watching her friend's very young daughter, but instead was taking a nap. When she heard Tiffany crying she did nothing but tell her to be quiet. Maybe if she had checked to see what was wrong this would not have escalated any further. This was negligent behavior for the person meant to be responsible for two younger children. Unfortunately, the child she thought could do no wrong was not as perfect as she thought.
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