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New Hampshire teen who killed sister-in-law and nephews could get 97 years in prison
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CityNews Halifax
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A young man from New Hampshire who was 16 when he killed his sister-in-law and two young nephews deserves at least 97 years in prison, prosecutors will tell a judge Friday.
Originally charged with first-degree murder, Sweeney instead pleaded guilty in August to lesser second-degree murder charges.
“Their murders deserve separate, consecutive sentences.”Kassandra Sweeney, a nursing assistant, worked nights so she could care for her boys during the day.
He said he went upstairs and found his sister-in-law and nephews on the floor bleeding and then took Kassandra’s cellphone and keys and drove away.
Without providing a motive for the killings, his defense lawyers wrote that, “His depression deepened.