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Eric Smith

Eric Smith. Group 1 period 1. Description. August 2, 1993- Steuben County New York Victims name is Derrick Robie Name of offender Eric M. Smith Eric Smith strangled Robie, dropped a pair of large rocks on the boys head undressed his body and sodomized him with a tree limb

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Eric Smith

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  1. Eric Smith Group 1 period 1

  2. Description • August 2, 1993- Steuben County New York • Victims name is Derrick Robie • Name of offender Eric M. Smith • Eric Smith strangled Robie, dropped a pair of large rocks on the boys head undressed his body and sodomized him with a tree limb • Cause of death was determined to be blunt trauma to the head with contributing asphyxia http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-18559_162-660314.html

  3. Derrick Joseph Robie

  4. Background info of victim • Born October 2, 1988 • Was 4 years old when murdered • Coming up on his 5th birthday • Had a brother name Dalton Robie • Liked to ride his bike and wave at the cars as they passed by http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-18559_162-660314.html

  5. Eric Smith http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/crime/Shocking-teen-killer-speaks-out

  6. Background info of Offender • Born January 22, 1988 • Committed crime at age 13 • Was bullied as a kid and was considered a loner. • Liked the spend time with his grandparents

  7. Impact on Victims family • Dale and Doreen Robie grieved over the loss of their son. • "The hardest thing for me is when somebody asks me, 'How many children do you have,'" says Doreen Robie. "Most of the time I simply say, 'I have one boy, here at home. And I have one boy waiting in heaven for me.'" • Dalton Robie said . "All I really know is that I had a brother," he says. "Sometimes I just think about him and just start to cry." • “Some people have said we need to forgive, but I can't yet," - Doreen

  8. Impact on the Offenders Family • Smith’s parents, Ted and Tammy, were devastated and convinced that their child was sick. • "It's still hard to believe," says Red Wilson, about his grandson. "Something must have happened to him. Because that wasn't my grandson."

  9. Punishment Received • Jury found Smith guilty of Second Degree Murder and tried as an Adult • Sentenced to 9 to life in Prison • Tried to apply for parole and was denied every time • Is being held in a maximum security prison

  10. Where is he now? • He was transferred to the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York in maximum security prison. • April 9, 2010 is still at the correctional facility • Will be up for parole again in May of 2012

  11. We believe that his punishment was just and that he should be punished for the pain he caused to not only the victims family but to his own family.

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