Saturday, January 25, 2014

Chism's Jism

Related: SJC decision could change handling of juvenile offenders

That's going to hit a sour note with some people.

"Chism faces new charge of raping Danvers teacher" by Travis Andersen |  Globe staff, January 24, 2014

A Danvers teenager accused of sexually assaulting and killing his math teacher in October is now facing a second rape charge in connection with the attack, the Essex district attorney’s office said Friday.

The same grand jury that indicted Philip D. Chism, now 15, on charges of murder, armed robbery, and aggravated rape returned an indictment Friday on a new aggravated rape count in the slaying of Colleen Ritzer, 24, a teacher at Danvers High School.

Investigators said after the October killing that Ritzer had been sexually assaulted with an unidentified object. The new indictment “alleges that [Chism] forcibly had sexual intercourse” with Ritzer, District Attorney Jonathan W. Blodgett’s office said….

The new indictment came down one day after the family had released a statement backing a bill pending in the Legislature to require juveniles convicted of first-degree murder to serve at least 35 years in prison before becoming eligible for parole, in response to a Supreme Judicial Court ruling that struck down life sentences without the possibility of parole for minors….

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Related: Disturbing Details of Danvers Death 

So what prescription pharmaceuticals was the kid on?

Also seeState district attorneys recommend that juvenile murderers serve at least 35 years

Bill seeks at least 35 years for young killers