Robert Tulloch Gets 45-Years-to-Life, Eligible for Parole at 62 After Juvenile Sentencing Ruling
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 14
Robert Tulloch Gets 45-Years-to-Life, Eligible for Parole at 62 After Juvenile Sentencing Ruling
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 14
Summary
Two concurrent 45-years-to-life terms replaced Robert Tulloch’s mandatory life-without-parole sentence for the 2001 murders of Dartmouth professors Half and Susanne Zantop, making him eligible for parole at 62.
A New Hampshire judge imposed the new sentence after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2012 ruling barred mandatory life-without-parole terms for juvenile offenders; Tulloch was 17 at the time of the killings.
An hourlong hearing ended with a joint recommendation from prosecutors and defense, plus conditions barring Tulloch from contacting the Zantop family or profiting from the murders.
Veronika Zantop urged the court to keep Tulloch imprisoned as long as possible, while the state said the revised sentence still reflects the crimes’ severity and protects the family.
The case stems from a 2001 plan by Tulloch and James Parker to kill strangers and steal money; Parker, who testified against Tulloch, received 25 years to life and was paroled in 2024.