A 19-year-old from New Hampshire could be sentenced to a minimum of 97 years in prison over the 2022 murders of his sister-in-law and her two young sons. Eric Sweeney admitted to killing his sister-in-law and two young nephews when he was 16. Eric Sweeney, who had been living with his older brother’s family in Northfield for three years, fatally shot 25-year-old Kassandra Sweeney and her sons — 4-year-old Benjamin and 23-month-old Mason — in August 2022. Initially charged with first-degree murder, he pleaded guilty in August this year to lesser counts of second-degree murder. While prosecutors are seeking a minimum of 97 years in prison, defense lawyers are asking the court for a sentence of 40 years to life. In a memorandum made public Thursday, attorneys Lauren Prusiner and Morgan

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