Man who was 13 when he killed is denied parole for 7th time

ALBANY, N.Y. - A New York State inmate who was imprisoned for killing a 4-year-old boy when he was 13 has been denied parole for the seventh time.

Eric Smith is serving nine years to life in prison for killing Derrick Robie in the western New York village of Savona. He was convicted of murder in 1994 for luring the little boy into the woods where he hit him with a rock, stuffed paper in his mouth and crushed his skull with a 26-pound rock.

After a hearing Friday, the parole board says the "serious and brutal" crime is more compelling than Smith's clean disciplinary record, positive prison programming and release plans.

The board notes "significant community opposition" to Smith's release from prison.

Smith last went before the parole board in 2012. He can't go before the board again until 2016, reports CBS affiliate WIVB.