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September 11, 2023 32 mins
In this month’s series, I detail crimes that happened on school campuses. In this episode, 
A 14-year-old high school student commits a horrific act of rape and murder in a school bathroom.  Was Philip Chism mentally ill, as his defense would later claim, or was he faking it to get away with murder? 

Sources: 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/philip-chism
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2015/12/17/12-questions-about-the-philip-chism-trial-answered/
https://www.masslive.com/politics/2013/09/gov_deval_patrick_signs_law_to.html
https://casetext.com/case/commonwealth-v-chism-6
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/philip-chism-colleen-ritzer-murder-sentencing-danvers-high-school-teacher-victim-impact-statements/

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