2. Jesse Pomeroy
Born on November 29, 1859, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Jesse Pomeroy was given the award for the youngest person to be convicted of first degree murder. Committing horrendous acts against other children at just 11, he tied up and tortured several children pretending he was only going to play house. After he was busted, Pomeroy was sent to a reform school where he was expected to stay until he was 21, but he was released after just a year and a half on good behavior. Three short years later, he murdered a four-year-old boy, who was later found mutilated in Dorchester Bay. He was sentenced to life, which he served in solitary confinement. He later died of natural causes in prison at the ripe age of 72.
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