Its been 11 years since Sean Taylor was gunned down by Eric Rivera who killed the former University of Miami football star in a burglary gone bad.

Now, Eric Rivera is hoping to get back into court to request that the judge reduce his 57-year sentence he received in 2013. WHAT? Read on…

Celebes, check this out, if you recall, back in 2007, Sean Taylor was gunned down on a Thanksgiving weekend, a weekend many will never forget.

Losing Sean Taylor ruined many lives, but for some strange reason, his killer believes that he deserves a reduction on his 57-year sentence.

Eric Rivera, 28, believes he deserves it because of changes in juvenile-justice sentencing laws and because several other defendants in the case got lesser sentences.

Sean Taylor Killer Eric Rivera Requests Reduced Sentence:

CBS4 news partner The Miami Herald reports:

Rivera’s mother testified on Wednesday:

I don’t think he should behind bars for the rest of his life for something that was a mistake and an accident.

Rivera, added in court:

I believe I deserve a second chance because I’ve grown. I know I can be a productive citizen.

We understand his mom wanting her son out of prison, but lets not forget that Rivera and four other young men drove over to Taylor’s Palmetto Bay home from Ft. Myers. They believed Taylor was not home since the Redskins had an away game.

They were wrong, Taylor was home with an injury, so when Rivera kicked in the door of the master bedroom Sean tried to defend himself with a machete to protect his girlfriend and their daughter. That’s when Rivera shot him.

He had premeditated behavior then, he went to Taylor’s home with ill intention. There is nothing saying he wouldn’t do it again. 57 years is NOT long enough.

Sorry, we say DENIED!

Apparently, so did a Miami-Dade judge on Wednesday, who refused to knock any time off the sentence for Eric Rivera, who was 17 when he shot the UM and Washington Redskins star.

Rivera was sentenced two years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it was unlawful for states to automatically sentence juveniles convicted of murder to automatic prison sentences of life without the possibility of parole, via The Miami Herald.

Thoughts?