A 13 year old boy was sentenced to prison for murder and has refused parole 5 times!
At the age of 13 years, Eric Smith was bullied for his glasses, freckles, long red hair, and his distinctive elongated ears which are believed to be a side effect of a medicine his mother had taken for her epilepsy when she was pregnant.
Also, at that age, police charged him with the murder of another kid. When asked why he committed murder, Smith did not give a coherent answer. A psychiatrist diagnosed him with intermittent explosive disorder, meaning he could not control his inner rage. Smith was convicted. He has been offered parole 5 times and denied it each of those 5 times.