Accused killer of Danvers High teacher gets additional rape charge

January 28, 2014

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boxcutter, charged as an adult, Colleen Ritzer, Danvers High School, murder, Philip Chism, throat slashed

Chism Indicted on Additional Count of Rape in Ritzer Murder:

Previously 14-year-old Philip Chism was charged with the rape and murder of his teacher, 24-year-old Colleen Ritzer of Danvers High School in Danvers, Massachusetts. At that time the rape charge stemmed from accusations that Chism raped her with a tree branch. Now investigators are saying that Chism also raped her in the ‘traditional’ sense.

Chism has been charged as an adult in the murder but as a youthful offender in the rapes. Why? Is raping a woman once then again with a tree branch any less heinous than slashing her throat and leaving her to die? If you’re going to charge him as an adult, as he should be, try him as an adult for all his charges and not some half-assed blended charges.

UPDATE 1/30/2014: Chism has pleaded not guilty to the latest rape charge.

UPDATE 8/14/2014: Chism will now officially be tried as an adult for Colleen Ritzer’s rape and murder.

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3 responses to “Accused killer of Danvers High teacher gets additional rape charge”

RadioChuck

January 30, 2014 at 4:31 pm

I don’t get the decision, either…if he’s old enough to commit an adult crime, he’s old enough to be charged accordingly.

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1. Trench Reynolds
  
  January 30, 2014 at 4:35 pm
  
  You know Chuck, the usual. The pearl twisters will say that he was too young to understand his actions and his brain isn’t fully developed and blah blah blah etc.
  
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  1. Muggle
    
    February 4, 2014 at 12:05 pm
    
    I’d usually say shit like that… but in this case? It’s a shame the guillotine isn’t widely used anymore. It’s one thing to beat or even shoot someone to death out of anger. Rape is completely different. You HAVE to want to see that person suffer, or you have an incredibly callous disregard for that person’s well-being. And to kill them afterward… no, this “child” is defective, time to send him back to where he came from– Hell.
    
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