In Opening Statement, Chism's Lawyer Admits Teen Killed Danvers Teacher
The trial of a Massachusetts teenager accused of killing his high school math teacher got underway with opening statements and witness testimony Monday.
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The trial of a Massachusetts teenager accused of killing his high school math teacher got underway with opening statements and witness testimony Monday.
Philip Chism is competent to stand trial in the murder of his high school math teacher, a judge ruled Wednesday.
The trial of a Massachusetts teenager charged with killing his math teacher has been delayed after a judge ordered him to undergo a mental health evaluation.
Jury selection is still on hold in the Philip Chism murder trial.
The fourth day of jury selection was about to begin Tuesday when Chism's lawyer expressed her concerns to the judge.
Jury selection began Wednesday in the trial of Philip Chism.
Philip Chism is headed to trial, charged with the murder of Colleen Ritzer.
Lawyers for a Massachusetts teenager accused of raping and killing his high school math teacher have dropped their request to get a sexual assault charge dismissed.
Lawyers for Philip Chism have asked a judge to move their client's trial out of eastern Massachusetts,
The judge in the murder trial of former Danvers High School student Philip Chism granted a defense motion Tuesday suppressing certain evidence collected by police after the killing.
A judge heard arguments and testimony Friday as defense lawyers seek to have a teenager's police confession that he killed his math teacher kept out of his trial.
Lawyers for the Danvers High teen charged with raping and killing his high school math teacher want to have his police confession dismissed as evidence.
The family of a Danvers teacher said Wednesday the past year has been "very difficult" as they marked the first anniversary of her death.
A judge has denied a request to have a Massachusetts teenager tried as a minor in the rape and murder of his math teacher.
Philip Chism is charged with raping and killing 24-year-old Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer in October.
The family of a high school teacher murdered in Danvers lashed out after a second similar attack was detailed on Wednesday.
Philip Chism allegedly tried to strangle a female staff member at the Metro Youth Services facility on Harvard Street in Dorchester on June 2.
Accused murderer Philip Chism is in serious trouble with the law again.
A 15-year-old Massachusetts boy charged with killing his math teacher is returning to court Thursday for arraignment on a second rape charge.
Philip Chism admitted killing his 24-year-old math teacher, but denied sexually assaulting her.
A 15-year-old boy charged with killing his math teacher has been indicted on a second aggravated rape charge.
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The parents of a slain Danvers High School math teacher say they feel a sense of "betrayal and anguish" over a recent court decision that ruled it is unconstitutional to sentence juveniles to prison without the possibility of parole.
Sentencing juveniles convicted of murder to life in prison without a chance for parole is unconstitutional, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday, falling in line with the U.S. Supreme Court.
A 14-year-old boy pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges including murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery in the killing of his high school math teacher.
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