Sentences proposed for man who admitted killing sister-in-law, nephews in Northfield

Defense Memo Details Eric Sweeney’s Childhood of Abuse

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org Eric Sweeney’s childhood of harrowing abuse, instability, and extreme poverty is the basis for his request of a 40 years to life prison sentence for the murders of his sister-in-law, Kassandra Sweeney, and nephews Benjamin, 4, and Mason, 23 months. Sweeney’s lawyers, Lauren Prusiner and Morgan Taggart-Hampton, filed a redacted sentencing memorandum Thursday in Merrimack Superior Court a day before the scheduled he…

Sentences proposed for man who admitted killing sister-in-law, nephews in Northfield

The prosecution and defense have submitted their sentencing proposals for a man who admitted to killing his sister-in-law and nephews in Northfield in 2022.