Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting.

The parents of a Michigan school shooter are asking a judge to keep them out of prison as they face sentencing for their role in an attack that killed four students in 2021.

Jennifer and James Crumbley are scheduled to appear in court Tuesday for the close of a pioneering case: They are the first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting.

The Crumbleys did not know their son, Ethan Crumbley, was planning the shooting at Oxford High School. But prosecutors said the parents failed to safely store a gun and could have prevented the shooting by removing the 15-year-old from school when confronted with his dark drawing that day.

Prosecutors are seeking at least 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    They didn’t know specifically when and where their son was going to commit mass murder, but every single sign was there and they either willfully ignored those signs or encouraged him along the way. I hope they get those 10 years minimum.

    • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Not only did they encourage him, the bought him the gun in the ammo, and trained him how to use it.

      • Copernican@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Then how do you charge the kid as an adult? If you treat the kid as a child it makes sense to me to look at the parents for negligence. But if you think the kid is legally responsible to be tried as an adult, how do the prosecutors also go after the parents?

        • audalics@lemmy.world
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          7 months ago

          Multiple adults are tried and convicted for different roles in the same crimes all the time.