jack: tom ritzer remembers feeling different -- desperate going to look for at the high school. months later in court, the evidence -- the video. >> i was walking the halls the killer had used. it makes me sick to know that. it makes me sick to know how and did not help her. it makes me sick. jack: hours later, the call from police. in salem, i' m jack harper. ed: tonight, we are looking at why he has a shot at parole. karen anderson has the explanation. karen: it is because of a ruling from the states highest court just two months after colleen >> the decision of the sjc is not only disrespectful to colleen but also to those who love her. the sjc decision was a betrayal to all victims and their families. karen: her father' s angry over the 2013 supreme judicial court decision that now allows her killer an opportunity at the role and freedom. it banned all life without parole sentences for those who commit crimes before they are 18. >> colleen' s family, friends, students and those who admired her have been given a life sentence without parole, but not the individual who committ

jack: tom ritzer remembers feeling different -- desperate going to look for at the high school. months later in court, the evidence -- the video. >> i was walking the halls the killer had used. it makes me sick to know that. it makes me sick to know how and did not help her. it makes me sick. jack: hours later, the call from police. in salem, i' m jack harper. ed: tonight, we are looking at why he has a shot at parole. karen anderson has the explanation. karen: it is because of a ruling from the states highest court just two months after colleen

ritzer as family speaking out about the . >> anchor: of course and they is. with more on their statement for byron? >> reporter: tom and peggy ritzer were stoic in court when they heard the sentence for their daughter's killer, but later they could not hold back anger saying that phillip chisolm's punishment was not >>> we are devastated and feel betrayed . >> anchor: parents colleen ritz ritzer expressing outrage that their daughter's killer will be eligible for parole after just 40 years. they say 17-year-old phillip chisolm deserves nothing less than life behind bars with no parole . >>> we are disgutted and personally offended with the defense's repulsive recommendation that colleen's killer be parole eligible within 15 years therefore putting him back into society at age 29 do kill again . >> anchor: two months after ritzer's murder the state supreme court outlawed life with no parole sentences for juveniles. chisolm was 14 at the time. tom and peggy ritzer say the syc syc's decision to change the law is disrespectful not only to their daughter but also to those who love her. >>> the notion of second chance sh

peggy and tom ritzer says that sentences them to a life of pain. and a parole hearings that >> the journey to ensure justice for colleen has just begun because of the sjc restriction our family will be forced to attend parole hearings beginning in 38 years. which is simply unimaginable to us. >> reporter: both saying they hope the governor and legislature will do something to prevent future pain for the families of other victims. now once again philip chism was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after serving 40 years and five years after that. live in salem louisa moller. >> and chism face charges for attacking a female weerkt juvenile detention center in 2014. stay with wbz for continuing paula. >>> david we have breaking news now about the the boston day. watertown's town manager says tonight it's a no go. movie will not be filmed there. scouts were out surveying laurel street the very scene of the shoot out with the tsarnaev brothers. officials say film would go not be in the best interest of watertown. so producer will

a news conference a couple of hours ago following that sentencing calling which is parents tom and peggy ritzer criticized the supreme judicial court ruling that now prohibits juveniles from receiving life sentences without parole. that ruling was on christmas eve of 2013 after two months after the beloved math teacher was raped and murdered by then 14-year-old student philip chisholm. her parents emotional today saying that philip chisholm should never leave prison. they say the decision by massachusetts highest court denied justice to her and those who loved her. >> we did try reaching out to chisholm's own defense attorney as well as his mother as they left court today we tried speaking with them but neither of them a comment on the case. >> more details on the change of law related to automatic life sentences without parole pertaining killers. the state supreme judicial court change the law in 2013 it was declared retroactive. which affected around city by current inmates. board to release christian christian was involved in a 1994 murder in brockton.>> diane chisholm saying quote words can

ritzer voicing some frustration after today's sentencing. byron barnett joins us now with more on their reaction today. byron? >> reporter: well, tom and peggy ritzer say they feel devastate and betrayed over the sentencing. they say that their murdered daughter won't get a second chance and neither should her killer. >>> today's sentence is un unacceptable in the laws must be changed . >>> patriots of colleen ritzer outraged their daughter's killer will be eligible for parole after just 40 years. they say 17-year-old phillip chisolm should be locked up for the rest of his life with no chance of parole. they blasted decision by the state supreme court to outlaw life with no parole sentences for juveniles. that decision just two months after colleen ritzer's murder in 2013. chisolm was 14 at the time . >>> the decision of the sjc is not only disrespectful to took, who love her. the sjc's decision was a bow trail to all victims and their families. >> reporter: the ritzer's say when chisolm comes up for parole they or their children will be there to oppose it . >>> we will have to relive that day with every hearing as tom and i age, c

. >>> well, we just got through listening to the district attorney and the parents of colleen ritzer, tom and peggy. they are clearly dissatisfied with the sentencing here. in fact they say they are devastated. they both da and the parents thought that phillip chisolm see serve nothing less than life in prison with no chance at parole. however, the da went on to shape that two months after the murder of colleen ritzer the state supreme court changed the law making a life, making it outlaw outlawing in effect life in prison without probably for juveniles so hence we end up with the sentencing we had today as we said the parents are devastated. colleen, her parents said colleen got no second chance. phillip chisolm shouldn't get a sect chance either. they say phillip chisolm while he did not get a life sentence there is a life sentence for the ritzer. >>> we are devastated and feel betrayed with judge lowey's in inability to give three executive life senses without the eligibility of parole to the individual that took colleen's life in such a horrific manner. we are disgusted and first male

life that's a very powerful words for us at a news conference just about an hour ago calling ritzer's parents tom and peggy criticizing the supreme judicial court ruling that now prohibits juveniles from receiving life sentences without parole that ruling was on christmas eve of 2013. actually two months after the beloved danvers high math teacher was raped and murdered i then 14-year-old student chisholm. her parents emotional of course today saying chisholm doesn't deserve a second chance at read him because they daughter will never get one. they say the decision by massachusetts highest court denies justice to her family or friends and the students who loved her. >> we are devastated and feel betrayed with judge low's inability to give three consecutive life sentences that the eligibility parole to the individual set colleen's life and horrific manner. we discuss it and personally opened with the defenses repulsive recommendation that within 15 years putting them back into society at age 29 to kill again. >> chisholm will not be able to get back on the street at the age of 29 or by the time he