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LOOKS LIKE THEY AGREED WITH ME hehehehe Updated: 09:19 AM EST Mother Approves Wrestling Death Plea Deal By KEN THOMAS, AP AP Lionel Tate, then 13, in court in 2001 with his mother, Kathleen Grossett-Tate MIAMI (Jan. 1) - A teenager whose life sentence for murdering a 6-year-old playmate set off worldwide criticism of Florida's treatment of juveniles has reached a plea deal that could allow him to be released from prison in a month. The mother of Lionel Tate approved the deal offered by prosecutors, said Tate's attorney, Richard Rosenbaum. Under the agreement, Tate would plead guilty to second-degree murder and serve the remaining three months of a three-year prison sentence, followed by house arrest and probation. Tate's lawyers had argued that he was imitating the pro wrestling moves he saw on television and did not mean to kill Tiffany Eunick, a 48-pound girl who was punched, kicked and stomped to death in 1999. Tate weighed 170 pounds at the time. Rosenbaum estimated his client could be released from prison by Jan. 29. He said he expects Tate to be released before the three months is up because the plea bargain would include credit for time served in the county jail before he was sentenced in 2001. Talk About It · Post a Message "I am thrilled that Lionel's mother agreed that it's better to be locked in one's home rather than jail when you're still only a child," Rosenbaum said Wednesday. The agreement would need to be ratified by a judge. The plea bargain is the same one Tate and his mother declined before his trial for the death of Eunick, a crime committed when he was 12. The Tates had insisted he was innocent. An attorney for Tate's mother, Kathleen Grossett-Tate, confirmed that Grossett-Tate had approved the plea. "She wants Lionel home. The right decision was easy to make, it was just the details that needed to be worked out," attorney Henry Hunter told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Grossett-Tate was expected to visit her son this weekend in a maximum-security juvenile prison before he signed the deal, Rosenbaum said. "She wants Lionel home. The right decision was easy to make." -Attorney Henry Hunter "Lionel Tate is ready to move onto the next stage of his life. He grieves every day over Tiffany's death and will think of her and the terrible tragedy for the rest of his life," Rosenbaum said. Tate was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Tate's mother and supporters brought the case to a United Nations human rights meeting in Geneva and Pope John Paul II in Rome, and it drew worldwide criticism. A state appellate court threw out the conviction and sentence earlier this month, saying Tate's mental competency should have been tested before trial. Although the state Attorney General's Office says it supports efforts to resolve the case, it asked the Fourth District Court of Appeal on Monday to reconsider its decision in the event that Tate rejects the plea offer. Experts testified at Tate's trial that Tiffany died of a fractured skull and lacerated liver, injuries consistent with a prolonged beating. A phone at the Broward State Attorney's office rang unanswered after hours Wednesday. Former prosecutor Ken Padowitz, who tried Tate and now represents Tiffany's mother, Deweese Eunick-Paul, in private practice, did not immediately return a phone message. 01/01/04 06:49 EST Copyright 2004 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.