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.
Sounds like something a rich white girl would do.
Sort of like that gal who was involved with the Boston Marathon bombing but whose daddy had enough money to keep her from being charged, or the gal from Massachusetts who shot her brother and pointed a gun at a cop, but got the benefit of a coverup until she committed mass murder down in Alabama.
Up there, cops, prosecutors, and judges know their roles.
-——After she insulted me, that’s when I became the teacher,” he said.-——
Replace the word “insulted” with “dissed” his motivation becomes clear...
HIs black entitlement mentality must have started at a young age....
Wait till he’s 18, the tree will be taller by then.
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