Michigan school shooter's parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison
Source: Associated Press
BY ED WHITE
Updated 9:42 AM PDT, April 9, 2024
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) The parents of a Michigan school shooter were each sentenced to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday for failing to take steps that could have prevented the killing of four students in 2021.
Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting. They were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors presented evidence of an unsecured gun at home and indifference toward the teens mental health.
Ethan Crumbley drew dark images of a gun, a bullet and a wounded man on a math assignment, accompanied by despondent phrases. Staff at Oxford High School did not demand that he go home but were surprised when the Crumbleys didnt volunteer it during a brief meeting.
Later that day, on Nov. 30, 2021, the 15-year-old pulled a handgun from his backpack and began shooting at the school. Ethan, now 17, is serving a life sentence for murder and other crimes.
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Unwind Your Mind
(2,043 posts)maxsolomon
(33,473 posts)It would be illuminating to ask the next dozen parents whose toddler shoots another toddler if they've ever heard of the Crumbleys.
Deterrence is supposed to be one of the purposes of prison sentences. Perhaps a sustained PSA campaign is in order?
JudyM
(29,294 posts)riversedge
(70,464 posts)Maybe it will for some parents. I hope.
Sentence for Crumbleys should be a deterrent, judge says
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/james-jennifer-crumbley-sentencing-04-09-24/h_4fbad537c36bdb77047c622e50ecb5b4
59 min ago
From CNN's Elise Hammond
The judge presiding over the sentencing of James and Jennifer Crumbley said the decision should be a deterrent to try to stop school shootings in the future.
"Opportunity knocked over and over again, louder and louder, and was ignored," Judge Cheryl Matthews said. "No one answered and these two people should have and sure didnt."
"These convictions confirm repeated acts or lack of acts that could have halted an oncoming runaway train," she added."
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JudyM
(29,294 posts)Could use more media coverage
riversedge
(70,464 posts)Prosecutor urges judge to consider the "devastating impact" of the Crumbleys' "gross negligence"
Link to tweet
Miguelito Loveless
(4,479 posts)when this is appealed to them.
iluvtennis
(19,912 posts)them to school And also disregard obvious mental health issues that their child exhibits.