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

The Supreme Judicial Court upheld sentences against Philip Chism, who raped and murdered a Danvers High School math teacher ...

“While true justice can never be served for Colleen, we are grateful that this decision brings some peace, knowing that the convict will serve his sentence, at least until the parole hearing,” the ...

Several months ago during the lead-up to the state Supreme Judicial Court’s review of this appeal, we urged the court not to ...

Convicted murderer Philip Chism, who was sentenced to life in jail for the brutal rape and slay Danvers math teacher Collen ...

The State Supreme Judicial Court denied Philip Chism's bid for a new trial in the 2013 rape and killing of Ritzer inside ...

Then 17, Chism was convicted in 2016 of raping and killing Colleen Ritzer, 24, on Oct. 22, 2013, in a bathroom at the school where she had taught for less than two years.

Chism, at age 17, was convicted of raping and killing Danvers High teacher Colleen Ritzer, 24, on Oct. 22, 2013, in a bathroom at the school where she had taught for less than two years.

A man convicted in the rape and murder of a Massachusetts high school teacher more than a decade ago when he was a teenager ...