The parents of a teenager responsible for a school shooting in the United States can be tried for involuntary manslaughter, according to a ruling by a Michigan court of appeals. This groundbreaking decision paves the way for a full trial against James and Jennifer Crumbley, whose son Ethan Crumbley killed four people and injured seven at Oxford High School in 2021.
The three-judge appeals court unanimously agreed that Ethan’s “acts were reasonably foreseeable” and that his parents’ “actions and inactions were inexorably intertwined” with the murders he committed. The judges cited “visual evidence” that Ethan had planned to commit violence with the gun that his parents had purchased for him, including drawings that depicted firearms, decapitated birds, and human suffering.
Several illustrations had been drawn on a math worksheet on…
2023-03-27 10:59:41
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