Convicted murderer Philip Chism, who was sentenced to life in jail for the brutal rape and slay Danvers math teacher Collen Ritzer, has lost his bids for a new trial and for his conviction to be

A man convicted in the rape and murder of a Massachusetts high school teacher more than a decade ago when he was a teenager has learned his fate in his bid to get his convictions tossed in favor of a new trial.

Philip Chism, convicted of killing Danvers High School math teacher Colleen Ritzer in 2013 when he was a 14-year-old student, will not get a new murder trial or be resentenced.