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FILE - Eric Sweeney, accused of killing his sister-in-law and two young nephews when he was 16, enters court on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025 at Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, N.H. (Geoff Forester/ Concord Monitor via AP, Pool, File)

CONCORD, N.H. – A young man from New Hampshire who was 16 when he killed his sister-in-law and two young nephews deserves at least 97 years in prison, prosecutors will tell a judge Friday.

Eric Sweeney, now 19, had been living with his older brother’s family in Northfield for three years when he fatally shot Kassandra Sweeney, 25, and her sons, 4-year-old Benjamin and 23-month-old Mason, in August 2022.

Originally charged with first-degree murder, Sweeney instead pleaded guilty in August to lesser second-degree murder charges. At a sentencing

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