Editorial: Teacher’s vicious killer won’t escape his deserved fate

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Editorial: Teacher’s vicious killer won’t escape his deserved fate

Several months ago during the lead-up to the state Supreme Judicial Court’s review of this appeal, we urged the court not to let the murderer of Colleen Ritzer escape the justice he so unequivocally deserves. And thankfully, the SJC made sure that justice indeed prevailed in this case, by denying Philip Chism’s bid for a new trial and his conviction nullified. Chism was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal rape and killing of the Danvers H…