Philip Chism, convicted of killing Danvers teacher Colleen Ritzer, will not get a new murder trial or be resentenced.

Philip Chism, convicted of killing Danvers High School math teacher Colleen Ritzer in 2013 when he was a 14-year-old student, will not get a new murder trial or be resentenced.

Convicted murderer Philip Chism, who was sentenced to life in jail for the brutal rape and slay Danvers math teacher Collen Ritzer, has lost his bids for a new trial and for his conviction to be

The Supreme Judicial Court upheld sentences against Philip Chism, who raped and murdered Danvers High School math teacher Colleen E. Ritzer in 2013. The post SJC denies new trial for Philip Chism, upholds conviction for murder of Danvers teacher appeared first on Boston.

A man convicted in the rape and murder of a Massachusetts high school teacher more than a decade ago when he was a teenager has learned his fate in his bid to get his convictions tossed in favor of a new trial.