New Hampshire resentencing gives Dartmouth killer Robert Tulloch a parole path after Supreme Court ruling
Robert Tulloch, who previously received a sentence of life without parole for the murders of two Dartmouth University professors in 2001 when he was a juvenile, is now eligible to be released by the time he is 62 years old.Tulloch was automatically sentenced to life without parole after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the 2001 stabbing deaths of Half and Susanne Zantop.A resentencing hearing for Tulloch, who was a 17-year-old at the time of the murders, was required following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012, ruling that mandatory life sentences without parole imposed on juvenile offenders are unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.BRYAN KOHBERGER'S MOTHER CALLED HIM 'MY ANGEL' AND INSISTED POLICE MADE A 'REALLY, REALLY BAD MISTAKE': BOOKTulloch was one of the few individuals in New Hampshire serving such a sentence at the time of the Supreme Court’s decision.Initially slated for three days, Tulloch’s resentencing hearing lasted about an hour in Grafton Superior Court in North Haverhill, New Hampshire, on Monday morning as both the state and defense reached a joint sentence recommendation of two concurrent sentences of 45 years to life for the murders, with credit for time served since his arrest over 20 years ago.As additional requirements of resentencing, Tulloch may have no contact with any members of the Zantop family, including Half and Susanne Zantop’s daughters Veronika and Mariana Zantop, and may not profit "in any way" from the murders "through the sale of his story or any other commercial exploitation."During the resentencing, Veronika Zantop talked about how she and her family were affected by the death of her parents.
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Robert Tulloch, who previously received a sentence of life without parole for the murders of two Dartmouth University professors in 2001 when he was a juvenile, is now eligible to be released by the time he is 62 years old.Tulloch was automatically sentenced to life without parole after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the 2001 stabbing deaths of Half and Susanne Zantop.A resentencing hearing for Tulloch, who was a 17-year-old at the time of the murders, was required following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012, ruling that mandatory life sentences without parole imposed on juvenile offenders are unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.BRYAN KOHBERGER'S MOTHER CALLED HIM 'MY ANGEL' AND INSISTED POLICE MADE A 'REALLY, REALLY BAD MISTAKE': BOOKTulloch was one of the few individuals in New Hampshire serving such a sentence at the time of the Supreme Court’s decision.Initially slated for three days, Tulloch’s resentencing hearing lasted about an hour in Grafton Superior Court in North Haverhill, New Hampshire, on Monday morning as both the state and defense reached a joint sentence recommendation of two concurrent sentences of 45 years to life for the murders, with credit for time served since his arrest over 20 years ago.As additional requirements of resentencing, Tulloch may have no contact with any members of the Zantop family, including Half and Susanne Zantop’s daughters Veronika and Mariana Zantop, and may not profit "in any way" from the murders "through the sale of his story or any other commercial exploitation."During the resentencing, Veronika Zantop talked about how she and her family were affected by the death of her parents. Veronika, a psychiatrist, urged the judge to not allow Tulloch the opportunity for freedom."This wasn’t a crime of passion or retribution," she said. "He wasn’t using substances, he wasn’t psychotic.
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- Robert Tulloch, who previously received a sentence of life without parole for the murders of two Dartmouth University professors in 2001 when he was a juvenile, is now eligible to be released by the time he is 62 years old.Tulloch was automatically sentenced to life without parole after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the 2001 stabbing deaths of Half and Susanne Zantop.A resentencing hearing for Tulloch, who was a 17-year-old at the time of the murders, was required following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012, ruling that mandatory life sentences without parole imposed on juvenile offenders are unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.BRYAN KOHBERGER'S MOTHER CALLED HIM 'MY ANGEL' AND INSISTED POLICE MADE A 'REALLY, REALLY BAD MISTAKE': BOOKTulloch was one of the few individuals in New Hampshire serving such a sentence at the time of the Supreme Court’s decision.Initially slated for three days, Tulloch’s resentencing hearing lasted about an hour in Grafton Superior Court in North Haverhill, New Hampshire, on Monday morning as both the state and defense reached a joint sentence recommendation of two concurrent sentences of 45 years to life for the murders, with credit for time served since his arrest over 20 years ago.As additional requirements of resentencing, Tulloch may have no contact with any members of the Zantop family, including Half and Susanne Zantop’s daughters Veronika and Mariana Zantop, and may not profit "in any way" from the murders "through the sale of his story or any other commercial exploitation."During the resentencing, Veronika Zantop talked about how she and her family were affected by the death of her parents.
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