NH Supreme Court upholds resentencing for 2 given life in prison for murder as teens
Modified: 4/20/2021 10:21:31 PM
CONCORD The sentences of two men convicted of murder as teenagers decades ago were upheld Tuesday by the New Hampshire Supreme Court, which disagreed with their lawyers that the terms amount to life imprisonment.
Robert Dingman, 42, was 17 when he and his 14-year-old brother fatally shot their parents in 1996 in their Rochester home. He was sentenced to mandatory life in prison without parole. His brother, Jeffrey Dingman, testified against him, got 30 years to life in a plea deal, and was released in 2013.
Eduardo Lopez Jr., 47, was convicted of fatally shooting Robert Goyette in 1991 while trying to steal his car in Nashua. He, too, was 17 when the crime happened and received the same mandatory life sentence as Robert Dingman.
Court upholds sentences for 2 convicted of murder as teens
KATHY McCORMACK, Associated Press
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) The sentences of two men convicted of murder as teenagers decades ago were upheld Tuesday by the New Hampshire Supreme Court, which disagreed with their lawyers that the terms amount to life imprisonment.
Robert Dingman, 42, was 17 when he and his 14-year-old brother fatally shot their parents in 1996 in their Rochester home. He was sentenced to mandatory life in prison without parole. His brother, Jeffrey Dingman, testified against him, got 30 years to life in a plea deal, and was released in 2013.
Eduardo Lopez Jr., 47, was convicted of fatally shooting Robert Goyette in 1991 while trying to steal his car in Nashua. He, too, was 17 when the crime happened and received the same sentence as Robert Dingman.
New Hampshire considers banning life without parole for juvenile
Modified: 3/10/2021 9:44:04 PM
CONCORD New Hampshire juveniles convicted of homicide would no longer be sentenced to life in prison without parole under a bill before a House committee on Wednesday.
The bill would bring New Hampshire in line with 23 states and Washington, D.C., that already have enacted similar legislation, said Preston Shipp, senior policy counsel for the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth.
The list includes neighboring states like Vermont and Massachusetts, he said, but also conservative states across the country.
“Texas was one of the first states to abolish life without the possibility of parole for kids,” he told the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. “They basically said if a kid is too young to vote, too young to sign a contract, too young to serve on a jury or in the military, that person is too young to be condemned to die in prison.”
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire juveniles convicted of homicide would no longer be sentenced to life in prison without parole under a bill before a House committee on Wednesday.
The bill would bring New Hampshire in line with 23 states and Washington, D.C., that already have enacted similar legislation, said Preston Shipp, senior policy counsel for the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth. The list includes neighboring states like Vermont and Massachusetts, he said, but also conservative states across the country.
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