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Article: Suicide Threat Postpones Hearing
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- December 5, 2005
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CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
12-05-2005
Dateline: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
A hearing that could have meant a return behind bars for Lionel Tate, once the youngest person in modern U.S. history sentenced to life in prison, was postponed Monday because he sent a letter to a judge threatening to kill himself.
Tate, convicted at age 13 of killing a 6-year-old girl, was examined during the weekend by a psychologist whose findings will be presented at a competency hearing on Dec. 19. Broward County Circuit Judge Joel T. Lazarus, who said he received the letter Friday, decided to wait for that finding before deciding whether to revoke Tate's probation.
Tate, now 18, faces a possible ...