GUILTY MA - Colleen Ritzer, 24, brutally murdered, Danvers, 22 Oct 2013 #2

[Foxfire]

#PhilipChism, not only senselessly took the precious life of Coleen Ritzer, but his evil also took the lives of her many friends and family members.. They have all been involuntarily inducted into the dreaded 'Fraternity of the New Life's Normal'. Their lives will never be the same as it was on that tragic day of October 22, 2013. These impact statements shared today by her family and friends are very heart wrenching...'No words'..

 

[Spellbound]

Mom's statement was the hardest for me. Such a deep despair remains, and always will.

 

[jacct]

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 1m1 minute ago Salem, MA #PhilipChism back in courtroom. Waiting on Lowy to return to resume the hearing.

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 2m2 minutes ago
Prosecution and defense are expected to present their sentencing recommendations next.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
Judge Lowy is back

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
Defense attorney Denise Regan is offering submissions to the court.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
Kate MacDougal, prosecutor, asking for #PhilipChism to get life for murder charge with possibly of parole after 25 years

 

[Elainera]

I am in tears listening to these victim impact statements...heartbreaking

I'm teared up just reading them. It's like Colleen touches my heart from beyond time and space. She was so young, yet so wise.

 

[jacct]

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 3m3 minutes ago MacDougall: Enormous amt of thought, debate went into request.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
"Philip Chism poses an enormous danger to the public in general, particularly women."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
"these are crimes that make ones souls ache .. Teachers change lives."

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 3m3 minutes ago
The prosecution argues #PhilipChism should be in prison for at least fifty years

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 3m3 minutes ago
MacDougall: "Simply put these are crimes that make one's soul ache."

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
MacDougall: Colleen Ritzer was killed in a place where she should have felt safe

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
MacDougall: We are not looking for a pound of flesh.

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 2m2 minutes ago
MacDougall: "The Commonwealth takes no pleasure in asking for this sentence for someone who is 14 years old."

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
MacDougall: If there was some explanation,mental disease or defect to make sense of it, we would take it on.There isn't

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
MacDougall: There is nothing that can be done to fix this defendant so he won't be danger to public

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
MacDougall: #PhilipChism was at the youngest age to be tried as adult for murder. Everything indicates he understands consequences.

allison manningVerified account ‏@allymanning 1m1 minute ago
MacDougall said they spent lots of time looking for explanations, why would #PhilipChism do this.

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
MacDougall: There is no doubt his father was absent, his mom was struggling. There was the move too

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
MacDougall: But there were wonderful people who helped raise him.

 

[jacct]

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago Lowy is making direct eye contact and listening intently as MacDougall speaks

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 1m1 minute ago Salem, MA
ADA: #PhilipChism had a good network of friends and family to help him through hard times. Was more than capable of coping with difficulties

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
MacDougall: I'm not suggesting move to Danvers was not difficult, but doesn't explain what happened in this case

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
MacDougall: #PhilipChism did this on his own, of his own volition.

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 2m2 minutes ago
In arguing for stiff sentence, prosecutor talks about the actions of #PhilipChism : "he did this of his own volition."

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
MacDougall: There is nothing what happened at DyS in 6/14 show he can be rehabbed (attack on 2nd person in bathroom).

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 2m2 minutes ago Salem, MA
ADA brings up #PhilipChism attacking DYS worker after his arrest as sign he doesn't want to be helped, not amenable to treatment.

 

[jacct]

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 52s53 seconds ago MacDougall: Sometimes we don't need experts to tell us about def's psychology. In this case we have video

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 55s56 seconds ago
She notes the court had a chance to watch, see #PhilipChism on the Danvers High School surveillance videos

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
MacDougall: This is a defendant capable of moving among us, showing no threat, while planning something horrific

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 2m2 minutes ago Salem, MA
ADA repeats how #PhilipChism had multiple normal interactions after committing the murder displaying "relaxed behavior"

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
MacDougall: First time #PhilipChism shows he is not with the program, is when police encounter him.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"....when he is caught on Route 1 with a dead girl's underwear and a bloody box cutter," said MacDougall

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
MacDougall: Punishment is appropriate goal in sentencing

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 2m2 minutes ago Salem, MA
ADA Kate MacDougall: "This is not a sick child. This is an incredibly disturbed young man."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
"this crime was intended to violate Colleen Ritzer .. To brutalize and torture her"

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
MacDougall This def could not have treated Colleen with more disdain

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
MacDougall #PhilipChism Its undisputed he posed her body. Meant to humiliate her

 

[jacct]

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago "the strangulation was enough to kill her but he didn't stop"

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 3m3 minutes ago
MacDougall: The murder doesn't stand alone. There has to be acknowledgement of Colleen's pain, suffering, humiliation,.

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
MacDougall: We don't know if #PhilipChism was masked. We hope he was, so she wouldn't know it was one of her students

allison manningVerified account ‏@allymanning 2m2 minutes ago
I don't know how to describe MacDougall. Her voice is firm, yet wavering. It's clear this case deeply affected her.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
"what Colleen experienced in that bathroom is every woman's worst fear," MacDougall

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 2m2 minutes ago Salem, MA
ADA arguing why the rape should count as a separate crime. Talked about telling the family. "I saw another part of them die."

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
MacDougall: We are not trying to do end run around SJC ruling

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 29s30 seconds ago
MacDougall: The Commonwealth is asking for no parole for 50 years

allison manningVerified account ‏@allymanning 39s39 seconds ago
MacDougall is done. We hear from Susan Oker, defense attorney now.

 

[jacct]

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 33s34 seconds ago
Defense lawyer Susan Oker shows childhood photos of #PhilipChism

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
Oker says the chances he experienced as a boy will be dwarfed by changes he'll experience in coming years

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
In coming years, it could be determined there are reasons not to release

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 1m1 minute ago
Oker says there's no doubt #PhilipChism should be punished, but he should be given a chance at parole.

Christina Hager ‏@HagerWBZ 1m1 minute ago
Defense displays 3 childhood photos of #PhilipChism. #ColleenRitzer's parents do not turn to look.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
The sentence imposed must allow for consideration of release. The understanding of what he did may grow, become clearer

allison manningVerified account ‏@allymanning 2m2 minutes ago
Oker: The changes #PhilipChism experienced in those early years of his life will be dwarfed by the changes over the next 10, 20, 30, 40 yrs

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
Oker: I understand feelings of people who want him sentenced to prison forever.

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
Oker: US Supreme Ct/SJC found life no parole for juveniles is unconstitutional.

allison manningVerified account ‏@allymanning 2m2 minutes ago
Oker: there's too much we don't know to never provide opportunity for meaningful release for #PhilipChism

 

[BUF]

He "may" rehabilitate? This wasn't "just" murder. No remorse.

 

[jacct]

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 3m3 minutes ago Peggie Ritzer is shaking her head as Oker keeps talking

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 2m2 minutes ago Salem, MA
Oker: the point of mandatory parole possibility for juvenile murderers is because they could possibly be rehabilitated

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"It's as simple as saying we don't know what we don't know but we may come to understand as time passes." Oker on teen brain

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
Oker: #PhilipChism life didn't begin on day of murder. His life before can't be reconciled w/his actions

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
Oker: #PhilipChism was thoughtful, well behaved, respectful before moving to Danvers.

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 2m2 minutes ago
Oker: Who #PhilipChism was before Colleen Ritzer's murder cannot be reconciled with what he did to her that day.

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 2m2 minutes ago
Oker: What happened? We don't know. There is evidence his brain is different than his peers.

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 2m2 minutes ago Salem, MA
Oker: testimony/evidence showed #PhilipChism used to be "different from what those acts suggest" and we don't know how his mind will grow

allison manningVerified account ‏@allymanning 2m2 minutes ago
Oker brings up the brain scans (not allowed in trial) that show #PhilipChism's brain is diff than his peers. MacDougall shakes her head.

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 1m1 minute ago
Oker says #PhilipChism has improved since he started taking medication.

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
Oker: The question is, what is happening to him, what might we learn in future as years go by?

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 52s52 seconds ago
The defense suggests there may be "tools" in future to rehabilitate #PhilipChism and to better understand "what happened to him."

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 47s47 seconds ago
Oker: Court should construct sentence that makes #PhilipChism parole eligible before he is 40. He is 17 now

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 1m1 minute ago
Oker says sentence for #PhilipChism should give him a "meaningful" chance at parole.

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 1m1 minute ago
She suggests that he's already shown good results with medication.

 

[jacct]

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 1m1 minute ago Oker says a "geriatric release" would not give #PhilipChism a meaningful chance at parole.

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 1m1 minute ago
She calls DA proposal essentially "life without parole," given #PhilipChism would be 64 at youngest if paroled.

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 34s34 seconds ago
Arguments are finished. Judge Lowy will sentence #PhilipChism by 2pm.

 

[BUF]

Thank you for all the tweets jacct!!

 

[Irisha]

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 1m1 minute ago Oker says a "geriatric release" would not give #PhilipChism a meaningful chance at parole.

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 1m1 minute ago
She calls DA proposal essentially "life without parole," given #PhilipChism would be 64 at youngest if paroled.

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 34s34 seconds ago
Arguments are finished. Judge Lowy will sentence #PhilipChism by 2pm.

Well defense att.Oker boo hoo, personally your murdering rapist client should be told," We'll allow you to leave prison when you are in a body bag".

He'll be 64 at youngest if paroled, have you forgotten Ms. Ritzer will always be 24 years old.:moo:

 

[oceanblueeyes]

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 1m1 minute ago Peggie says the SJC ruling barring life without parole was "immoral and unjust."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
Peggie says family will be forced to go through the pain again if #PhilipChism becomes eligible for parole

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 2m2 minutes ago
Peggie Ritzer asks Judge Lowy to impose consecutive sentences

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
"The effect this has had on our family is indescribable," says Peggie

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 2m2 minutes ago Salem, MA
Peggie Ritzer implores Lowy to impose maximum possible sentence on #PhilipChism for him to serve it consecutively

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 59s59 seconds ago
Peggie Ritzer: #PhilipChism "deserves life in prison without the eligibility of parole but that is not possible."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"you do have the option of setting consecutive life sentences ... He is pure evil and evil can never be rehabilitated"

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 1m1 minute ago Salem, MA
Peggie Ritzer explains how #PhilipChism was the "most alive" he's been in court watching himself on surveillance videos and is not sorry

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"Today the good must prevail over the evil and you must remember Colleen matters." Peggie Ritzer

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 35s36 seconds ago
The Ritzer family leaves the stand. Court is going into a 20 minute recess.

I agree with her mother. There should be an exception in the law and if the crime is so horrific and methodically planned out like this one then the teen should be given LWOP. Only if special circumstances exist and this case is certainly one of those.

BUT even though he will be eligible for parole he will never get it, IMO. It just means he can have parole hearings but I think the parole board will deny him parole each and every time he meets with the parole board. It is very obvious that this teen is a sociopath and would go on to murder others if let out in society.

And I cant see him having a clean record while he is in prison for years either. His violence is part of who he is and he will not be able to contain his hatred and rage against females. I don't think any female guard should be around him alone and they should make sure there is always another guard present when he is taken out of his cell or they have to enter his cell for some reason. I truly think we will hear about him again during the time he is in prison.

I really don't think we are meant to understand the motive or why someone does something this horrendous. Imo, what I need to always remember and do....... is there will always be true evil walking this earth in human form and they will cross the paths of those who are kind decent people and not only take their lives away but forever shatter the lives of those who loves the victim. Sadly, this will not be the last tragic case involving someone so innocent crossing paths with someone young who is filled with pure evil.

What bothers me though... even knowing how much evil exist.... is the face of the demonic killers seem to be younger and younger. The manner in which they murder their victims are far beyond even what was once labeled overkills and depravity is very often present. They are doing some of the most sadistic tortuous acts to their helpless victims just because they can and for the thrill of it. It doesn't seem to matter if they are 12- 13 years old or a few years older so many young offenders now do such gruesome murders.

What scares me the most about teen killers is no matter how many they kill or how brutally they killed them, whether its their parents, entire family including siblings, friends, teachers or someone they didn't even know...they are consistently remorseless, emotionless, and never have any regret or a pain of conscience about the horrific things they have done.

This teen should never ever be placed back into society again. He has the perfect traits of becoming a serial killer including the hatred he seems to have against all females in general.

IMO

 

[Trident]

He should be put to death. Sad that the law does not allow it.

 

[jacct]

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 5m5 minutes ago Salem, MA Back in the courtroom, now we wait to see if judge Lowy has come to a decision regarding the sentencing of #PhilipChism


Paula Ebben ‏@PaulaEbbenWBZ 1m1 minute ago
Paula Ebben Retweeted Christina Hager
#PhilipChism has been brought back in the courtroom

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 39s39 seconds ago
DA Jon Blodgett has arrived for sentencing

 

[jacct]

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 3m3 minutes ago We are waiting for Judge Lowy to arrive back in courtroom. Gallery is full. Attorneys and #PhilipChism are all here

Chism looks anxious, like he's about to cry. First emotion I've seen from him.

 

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[jacct]

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago Judge Lowy is in the courtroom, and about to sentence

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
Lowy It is difficult to imagine what can be worse than a family enduring the murder of Colleen Ritzer

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 56s57 seconds ago
Lowy says Ritzer lived a life of quiet heroism. That's what most teachers do

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 1m1 minute ago
Lowy: Colleen Ritzer loved her family friends co works Depth of that love manifest today

Bob Ward Fox25Verified account ‏@Bward3 59s59 seconds ago
Lowy: The defendant did not begin life on 3rd base. Not an excuse, but it is true.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
Now talking about #PhilipChism. Says his father was abusive, harsh and unfaithful. His mother tried hard to provide