Posted on 10/05/2015 2:22:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Last year, a Massachusetts teenager named Philip Chism was accused of raping and murdering his teacher, Colleen Ritzer, after being asked to stay after school to study.
Chism was just 14-years-old at the time and a freshman in high school. His murdered teacher was an agonizingly young 24.
Ritzer’s body was found in the woods, partially covered by leaves, after being torn open with a box cutter. A letter was placed next to her lifeless form.
It read “I hate you all.”
Now, after months of prepping, the trial of Philip Chism is finally getting underway. He is being tried as an adult.
His defense team, quite predictably, is going with a mental health defense.
Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University, spoke to ABC about the upcoming trial:
“I would really think that youth is going to be a huge factor. Part of the argument would be that Chism couldn’t control whatever disease or defect he had,” he said.
“I assume the defense will tie it into research on adolescent brain development, in particular, adolescents have a difficult time calculating the future and having a sense of the ramifications on their future lives.”
Why not just plead not guilty? There is surveillance footage that shows Ritzer heading into a school bathroom, with Chism following her, wearing gloves and a hood. He can be seen exiting the bathroom alone 12 minutes later.
He was also found with the murder weapon, hours later, a box cutter stained with blood.
Chism even confessed to area police, but Judge David Lowy has ruled that confession inadmissible on the grounds that he did not fully understand his constitutional rights at the time.
Still, according to a transcript of the confession released by Daily Mail, Chism uttered some chilling words, claiming that he attacked her after the teacher “insulted” him:
“After she insulted me, that’s when I became the teacher,” he said.
Jury selection for the murder trial is ongoing.
Exactly. Most kids do some dumb stuff — not evil deeds.
Until next time.
“Hang him.”
I am amazed I've made it to 60 given the risks I took in my youth, twice as long as I ever imagined living. I cringe at some of the memories, and my stupidity, even now.
My Mothers' prayers are what got me through my youth ... No doubt in my mind about that.
He won’t go to prison. He’ll be remanded to a psychiatric hospital, then released after 6 months.
Ya’ll is the word that means YOU ALL in Southern.
(Ya’ll, pronounced as one word. (Tennessee here.)
OH MY GOODNESS !!! He’s a dead ringer for Barry.
Tell her to write a book.
The rumor mill has begun..../
PerhapsThe Great Leader will care to address this at his next Post Golf Game Presser?
VERY well said.
“It always puzzles me that the defense lawyers always try to polish these turds by putting them in decent clothes”
Old joke:
Q: What do you call a thug in a three-piece suit?
A: The defendant.
American cities are full of young males brainwashed into believing they're victims.
American cities are full of young males brainwashed into believing they're victims.
“How many defenseless people, mostly women, have been murdered by men who didn’t use a gun?”
You know what happens when a white person shoots an “unarmed” black teen.
“Hang him.”
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One thing is certain, he won’t be executed. The Supreme Court Has Ruled that no one under 18 may be executed, no matter how heinous the crime.
The mother's Tennessee adventure in vibrant diversity did not work out, she divorced his father and moved to back to Massachusetts with the kid.
There have been plenty of white people who've shot and killed black thugs in the past decades. It's just that when a white cop kills one, they get a lot more attention due to representing "white supremacy."
Whatever the merits of the shooting, Blacks will whine and complain about racism. Screw 'em.
If Obama had a son. I’m beginning to think blacks have something wrong with them.
It’s pronounced “Y’all” here in Virginia.
What y’all don’t seem to know about is that this kid tried to duplicate his crime while in custody. He met with a female social worker. She left the room and went to the ladies room. He followed her, creeping up the corridor on his hands and knees, keeping low so that he couldn’t be seen through the windows along the corridor. He snuck into the ladies room and tried to stab the social worker in the neck with a pencil. There is no reasonable explanation for this kids behavior. He needs to never be near any living human being again. His defense ask that he no longer have to appear at the hearings because it caused him much distress and disturbance.
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