The Latest: Jurors begin deliberating in case of Massachusetts teen who killed teacher
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The latest on the trial of a Massachusetts teenager charged with raping and killing his high school math (all times local):
1:25 p.m.
Jurors in Massachusetts have begun deliberations in the trial of a Massachusetts teenager who raped and killed his high school math teacher.
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A prosecutor says Philip Chism "knew right from wrong and could choose right from wrong."
But a defense attorney says the then-14-year-old Chism was in "the throes of mental illness" when he killed 24-year-old Colleen Ritzer in 2013, shortly after he moved to Massachusetts from Clarksville, Tennessee.
Prosecutors say Chism strangled Ritzer and stabbed her with a box cutter in a Danvers High School bathroom, then used a trash bin to bring her body into nearby woods.
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Assistant District Attorney Kate MacDougall told the jurors that doing something awful doesn't make you crazy.
Defense attorney Denise Regan said jurors must be certain beyond a reasonable doubt that Chism wasn't mentally ill.
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11:25 a.m.
A prosecutor in the trial of a Massachusetts teenager charged with raping and killing his high school math teacher says Philip Chism "knew right from wrong and could choose right from wrong."
But a defense attorney says the then 14-year-old Chism was in "the throes of mental illness" when he killed 24-year-old Colleen Ritzer in 2013.
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Jurors could begin deliberations later Monday after hearing closing arguments from both sides.
Prosecutors say Chism strangled Ritzer and stabbed her with a box cutter in a Danvers High School bathroom, then used a trash bin to bring her body into nearby woods.
Assistant District Attorney Kate MacDougall told the jurors that doing something awful doesn't make you crazy.
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Defense attorney Denise Regan said jurors must be certain beyond a reasonable doubt that Chism wasn't mentally ill.