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New Hampshire teen who killed sister-in-law and nephews could get 97 years in prison
Prosecutors seek a minimum 97-year sentence for Eric Sweeney, who pleaded guilty to killing his sister-in-law and two nephews amid family tensions and a traumatic upbringing.
- On Aug. 15, 2025, Eric Sweeney will be sentenced for killing Kassandra Sweeney and her sons in Northfield in 2022.
- Defense filings say decades of abuse and neglect shaped Eric Sweeney's behavior, while Sean Sweeney and Kassandra Sweeney faced rising tensions and considered state care before the killings.
- According to prosecutors, Eric Sweeney removed a.40 Taurus handgun from a locked safe, shot the three victims inside the home, and discarded the weapon along I-93 eight days later.
- Prosecutors are asking for at least 97 years with consecutive terms of 35 years to life and 40 years to life, citing that `Benjamin and Mason embody the reason why crimes against children deserve the harshest of penal sanctions,` Assistant Attorney General Bethany Durand wrote.
- The debate over Sweeney's sentencing highlights evolving juvenile law after U.S. Supreme Court rulings barred death and mandatory life-without-parole for juveniles, while New Hampshire trial court decisions leave outcomes uncertain.
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A New Hampshire teenager who killed his sister-in-law and two young nephews when he was 16 years old faced sentencing on Friday, October 3, 2025. Eric Sweeney, now 19, pleaded guilty in August to three counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of Kassandra Sweeney, 25, and her sons Benjamin, 4, and Mason, 23 months old. According to Court TV, the murders happened on August 3, 2022, at the family’s home on Wethersfield Drive in Northfield, Ne…
Eric Sweeney pleaded guilty to minor charges of second-degree murder following the fatal shooting in 2022
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