[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Any bets in how long New York City will keep him locked up, dear Reader? - Rysheim Smith, 46, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Monday
- He was convicted by a jury in Manhattan Supreme Court in January 2020 over the brutal bludgeoning death of Zymere Perkins who died in September 2016
- Zymere died after being waterboarded, savagely beaten and hung from a hook on the bathroom door by his t-shirt in Smith's Harlem apartment
- The little boy's mother, Geraldine Perkins, 30, had already pleaded guilty to manslaughter as part of a deal to cooperate against her now-ex-boyfriend
- The gruesome attack on the little boy left him with more than 30 fractured ribs
- Zymere's autopsy showed that his entire body was covered in cuts, bruises and scars when he died
- Pieces of a broken broomstick and steel shower curtain rod were just two of the items used to beat the little boy
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