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   SALEM, Mass. (AP) - The Latest on the sentencing of a   
   Massachusetts teenager convicted of raping and killing his high   
   school math teacher (all times local):   
      
   6:40 p.m.   
      
   The mother of a Massachusetts high school math teacher raped and   
   killed by one of her students says the sentence imposed on the   
   teenager is "unacceptable."   
      
   Seventeen-year-old Philip Chism (CHIHZ'-uhm) was sentenced   
   Friday to life in prison for the murder of Colleen Ritzer but   
   will be eligible for parole after serving 40 years. He was 14 at   
   the time of the killing.   
      
   Peggy Ritzer and her husband, Tom Ritzer, say Chism should never   
   have a chance to get out of prison.   
      
   They lashed out at the state's highest court, which ruled in   
   2013 that juveniles could not be sentenced to life in prison   
   without the possibility of parole.   
      
   Chism's lawyers acknowledged he killed his teacher but blamed   
   mental illness.   
      
   Chism will be placed in a state juvenile detention facility   
   until he is 21. He will then be sent to a state prison.   
      
   3 p.m.   
      
   The mother of a Massachusetts teenager who was 14 when he raped   
   and killed his math teacher has cried quietly as a judge   
   pronounced his sentence.   
      
   Seventeen-year-old Philip Chism (CHIHZ'-uhm) was sentenced   
   Friday to life in prison with the possibility of parole on a   
   murder charge. He received 40-year concurrent sentences on rape   
   and robbery charges.   
      
   Judge David Lowy said before handing down the sentence that   
   Colleen Ritzer's slaying was "brutal and senseless," and "the   
   crashing waves of this tragedy will never wane."   
      
   The judge says he knows Chism had a difficult upbringing but   
   that doesn't excuse his actions.   
      
   Ritzer's family and supporters sat silently during sentencing.   
      
   Chism will be placed in a state juvenile detention facility   
   until he's 21. He'll then be sent to a state prison.   
      
   2:25 p.m.   
      
   A Massachusetts teenager who was 14 when he raped and killed his   
   math teacher has been sentenced to life in prison with   
   eligibility for parole in 40 years.   
      
   Seventeen-year-old Philp Chism (CHIHZ'-uhm) was sentenced Friday   
   in Salem Superior Court in the slaying of Danvers High School   
   teacher Colleen Ritzer in 2013.   
      
   The judge pronounced the sentence after hearing victim-impact   
   statements from Ritzer's parents, siblings and colleagues. Many   
   of them wore pink, her favorite color.   
      
   Prosecutors had asked that Chism be sentenced to life at least   
   50 years in prison - consecutive sentences of life with the   
   possibility of parole in 25 years on the rape and murder charges.   
      
   Chism's attorneys asked that their client be given concurrent   
   sentences and be eligible for parole at age 40.   
      
   This story has been corrected to show Chism is eligible for   
   parole in 40 years, not 25 years.   
      
   1:30 p.m.   
      
   A prosecutor says a Massachusetts teenager who raped and killed   
   his math teacher is manipulative and should be locked up for 50   
   years.   
      
   Prosecutor Kate MacDougall asked for two consecutive life   
   sentences for 17-year-old Philip Chism (CHIHZ'-uhm) with   
   eligibility of parole in 25 years that would keep him behind   
   bars into his 60s.   
      
   She called Chism "manipulative," ''narcissistic" and a poor   
   candidate for rehabilitation, reminding the judge that he's also   
   accused of attacking a woman at a youth detention facility.   
      
   Defense attorney Susan Oker asked for a sentence that would make   
   Chism eligible for parole no later than age 40. She cited   
   scientific studies that said a juvenile brain is not fully   
   developed.   
      
   Chism was 14 when he killed Danvers High School teacher Colleen   
   Ritzer in 2013.   
      
   11:30 a.m.   
      
   The mother of a Massachusetts high school math teacher killed by   
   one of her students says the death has left her "so very broken."   
      
   Peggie Ritzer was the last of nine people to read victim-impact   
   statements at the sentencing hearing Friday for 17-year-old   
   Philip Chism (CHIHZ'-uhm). He was 14 when he killed Danvers High   
   School teacher Colleen Ritzer in 2013.   
      
   Her father, Tom, said a dad's job is to fix things, and he would   
   do anything to fix what happened to his daughter.   
      
   Colleen Ritzer's brother and sister, colleagues and lifelong   
   friends described a young woman who loved her job, loved her   
   students, loved life and never had a negative word to say.   
      
   Prosecutors have asked the judge to send Chism to prison for 50   
   years.   
      
   10:30 a.m.   
      
   The sentencing hearing for a Massachusetts teenager convicted of   
   raping and killing his high school math teacher is underway.   
      
   A judge is expected to sentence 17-year-old Philip Chism (CHIHZ-   
   uhm) on Friday after hearing nine victim-impact statements from   
   Colleen Ritzer's family and friends.   
      
   Many of them are wearing pink, Ritzer's favorite color.   
      
   Chism was 14 when he killed the 24-year-old Danvers High School   
   teacher in 2013.   
      
   His mother, Diane, released a statement Friday expressing her   
   sorrow.   
      
   She said her prayers were with the Ritzer family "as they   
   continue their journey to heal."   
      
   9 a.m.   
      
   A Massachusetts teenager convicted of raping and killing his   
   high school math teacher faces a sentence of up to life in   
   prison when a judge hands out his punishment.   
      
   Philip Chism (CHIHZ-uhm) was convicted in December in the 2013   
   death of Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer. He's   
   scheduled to be sentenced Friday in Salem Superior Court.   
      
   The 17-year-old Chism faces life on the murder charge, but would   
   be eligible for parole after 15 to 25 years because he was 14 at   
   the time of the killing. He also faces lengthy sentences on   
   charges of aggravated rape and robbery. Prosecutors have asked   
   that he stay in prison for at least 50 years.   
      
   The defense admitted Chism killed Ritzer but said he was   
   suffering from severe mental illness and wasn't criminally   
   responsible for his actions.   
      
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