63: Too Young To Die (Christopher Simmons)

Murderous Minors

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🗓️ 2 May 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On September 9, 1993, 17-year-old Christopher Simmons, and 15-year-old Charles Benjamin, kidnapped and murdered 46-year-old Shirley Ann Crook, by throwing her over a bridge. Roper v. Simmons would ultimately abolish the death penalty for minors.

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0:19.4	and enjoy the ease of tax-free shopping in Spain. Just so you know, this show is about scary stuff. So don't say I didn't warn you guys.
0:39.0	And remember, don't be scared. Oh, Oh, Episode 63, too young to die.
1:25.0	Too Young to Die.
1:29.2	Ward baby here with another episode of murderous miners.
1:34.0	Do you believe in an eye for an eye?
1:38.0	No.
1:41.0	Everybody plan. On the last episode we visited Northeast Texas and the murder of John Lutig and subsequent
1:49.2	execution of Napoleon Beasley seven years later.
1:53.9	There is no doubt that Napoleon fired the fatal shot, saying he was caught up in adolescent
1:59.4	emotions unable to see clearly what really mattered in his life and for his future.
2:05.0	And he paid for that heinous crime dearly with his own life,
2:09.0	though he was a child when he committed the murder,
2:11.0	and we don't do that anymore.
2:14.0	He came from a strong family background and was considered a success story in
2:18.8	Grapelin, Texas.
2:21.0	But even these factors were outweighed by those beyond his adolescent control.
2:27.1	On this episode of murderous minors, we covered the case of Christopher Simmons, intertwining
2:32.1	the stories a bit so that we may understand how one life was taken,
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