- Robert Tulloch, now 43, is seeking a reduced life sentence for the 2001 murders of Dartmouth College professors Half and Susanne Zantop, committed when he was 17.
- He was initially sentenced to life without parole, but US Supreme Court rulings deemed mandatory life sentences for juvenile offenders unconstitutional, making him eligible for resentencing.
- Tulloch's defence argues for parole eligibility after 30 to 40 years, highlighting his significant personal growth, lack of major disciplinary issues since 2012, and expressed remorse.
- Tulloch and his accomplice, James Parker, killed the Zantops during a robbery attempt to fund a move to Australia; Parker was paroled in 2024 after serving nearly the minimum term of his sentence.
- A New Hampshire judge previously ruled that the state's constitution prohibits life-without-parole sentences for juveniles as 'cruel or unusual' punishment, despite lawmakers rejecting proposals to eliminate such sentences.
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