Teen charged with killing teacher refuses to enter courtroom

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SALEM, Mass. (AP) — The murder trial of a teenager charged with killing his math teacher ended early Tuesday when he told his lawyer he was "about to explode" and refused to go back into the courtroom.
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Denise Regan, a lawyer for 16-year-old Philip Chism, told the Salem Superior Court judge that her client was shaking, twitching and mumbling and told her "he's about to explode and ... doesn't want to hurt anyone."
Witnesses were describing some of the blood-stained evidence in the case at the time.
The judge at first called a recess, then ended proceedings about an hour earlier than scheduled after trying unsuccessfully to speak to Chism himself. He then called for a psychological evaluation.
Chism, who had moved to Massachusetts from Clarksville, Tennessee, shortly before starting high school, has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges in the October 2013 slaying of 24-year-old Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer. Chism was 14 at the time.
Regan said in court Monday that Chism killed Ritzer but isn't criminally responsible because he is mentally ill.
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(http://news.yahoo.com/photos/philip-chism-appears-salem-superior-court-one-lawyers-photo-000135661.html)Philip Chism, right, appears in Salem Superior Court with one of his lawyers, John Osler in Salem, M …

It was not clear when proceedings would resume. Jury selection was delayed several weeks while Chism underwent a competency evaluation.
Ritzer's mother testified earlier Tuesday about the day her daughter was killed.
Peggie Ritzer said her daughter had a consistent routine and came home every day at 3:30 p.m.
When she didn't that day, the family at first thought she had made other plans or been in an accident.
They began to worry when she wasn't home for dinner, wasn't answering her cellphone and hadn't posted on Facebook. They tried contacting her friends and other teachers.
Her husband went to the high school and found his daughter's car still in the parking lot.
"At that point we started to get very upset," Peggie Ritzer said.
Police later found her body in the woods behind the school.
The defense did not cross-examine Peggie Ritzer.


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[mick silver]

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EafvXCG1QcYns4Q6PsIJVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9NDE0O3B4b2ZmPT UwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTczNg--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-us/video/video.cbsboston.com/2503bb65f75e7e43568b0ae216fb8e2che be a good boy about ready to start going too church and going back to school so he can get a job and help take care of his 6 kids

[Twisted Titan]

Who the hell are you going to hurt in a room full of guns, tazers, police slaps and PR-24's??

The only exploding he will be doing is when jamal, raheem and bubba start passing that tender tale around.

Utter bullsheet.

[brosil]

Keep an eye on this. It might be useful for future defense.

[Spectrism]

Chaining him into a steel chair with wheels would work for me. Speedy trial and a slow execution.

[govcheetos]

Maybe he just doesn't understand.

[Glass]

no he doesn't want to hear about what he did. Common reaction for children and psychos. Cant face hearing it because in amongst it will be the information that they/he did this thing. If they don't hear it then they didn't do it. All good.

[Twisted Titan]

If he didnt hear nothing
He didnt do nothing

Its amazing the deceptions the mind engages in.

[hoarder]

If Obama had a son.....

[Neuro]

If Obama had a son.....
:) Spot on!

[ximmy]

Chism killed Ritzer but isn't criminally responsible because he is mentally ill.

Chism will undergo counseling and be released back into population.

[Down1]

Phillip Chism, a Massachusetts teenager who raped and killed his math teacher in 2013, was sentenced Friday to life in prison with eligibility for parole in 25 years.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/philip-chism-massachusetts-teen-who-killed-teacher-colleen-ritzer-sentenced/


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/philip-chism-massachusetts-teen-who-killed-teacher-colleen-ritzer-sentenced/