Michigan school shooter's mother to stand trial for manslaughter in 4 student deaths

With that. The court having read the P SI and being fully familiar with the defendant. And the underlying facts of this case believes that it is in the best interest of justice as well as proportionate to the needs of this case to sentence. Defendant as follows as it relates to do 2022 279506 FC count one terrorism causing death. Census of the court is that defendant shall serve life without the possibility of parole credit for eight days served counts two through five homicide, first degree premeditated murder, juvenile defendant c of the courts that finish shall serve the rest of his life without the possibility of parole with the Michigan Department of Corrections. Credit for eight days served on count six through 12 assault with intent to murder on each of the counts. Defendant is sentenced to 18 years and nine months to 80 years with the Michigan Department of Corrections credit for eight days served on counts 13 through 24. Those being felony. Firearm defendant is sentenced to two years with the Michigan Department of Corrections on each of those counts with credit for 730 days served. Counts one through 12 are concurrent to each other and count 13 through 24 are concurrent to each other. Count. One is consecutive to count. 13, count two is consecutive to count. 14, count three is consecutive to count. 15. Count four is consecutive to count. 16. Count five is consecutive to count. 17. Count six is consecutive to count. 18. Count seven is consecutive to count. 19 count eight is consecutive to count 20 count nine is consecutive to count 21. Count 10 is consecutive to count 22. Count 11 is consecutive to 23 and count 12 is consecutive to count 24. All of those consecutive counts are by reason of the felony firearm statute. Is there *** challenge to restitution? Here is your honor. Thank you. Restitution will be set in the amount of $20,781.

The mother of a teenager who committed a mass school shooting in Michigan is headed to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges in an unusual effort to pin criminal responsibility on his parents for the deaths of four students.Video above: Michigan shooter sentenced to life in prisonJennifer and James Crumbley are not accused of knowing their son planned to kill fellow students at Oxford High School in 2021. But prosecutors said they made a gun accessible to Ethan Crumbley, ignored his mental health needs and declined to take him home when confronted with his violent drawings at school on the day of the attack.Involuntary manslaughter has been “well-defined for ages, and its elements are definite and plain: gross negligence causing death,” assistant prosecutor Joseph Shada said in a court filing.More than 200 people appeared Tuesday at Oakland County court, 40 miles north of Detroit, to begin the jury selection process in Jennifer Crumbley's trial. James Crumbley will face a separate trial in March. In December, Ethan was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murder, terrorism and other crimes.It's a notable case: The Crumbleys are the first parents to be charged in a mass U.S. school shooting. The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who wounded his teacher with a gun was recently sentenced to two years in prison for child neglect.“I think prosecutors are feeling pressure when these weapon-related offenses occur,” said Eve Brensike Primus, who teaches criminal procedure at the University of Michigan Law School. “People are outraged, and they're looking for someone to take responsibility for it.”Video below: Authorities say Michigan school shooter had concerning behavior prior to the attackThere's no dispute that James Crumbley, 47, bought a gun with Ethan at his side four days before the shooting — the teen called it, “my new beauty.” Jennifer Crumbley, 45, took him to a shooting range and described the outing on Instagram as a “mom and son day.”A day before the shooting, the school informed Jennifer Crumbley that Ethan, who was 15, was looking at ammunition on his phone. “I'm not mad,” she texted him. “You have to learn not to get caught.”Defense attorneys insist the tragedy was not foreseeable by the parents. They liken the charges to trying to put a “square peg into a round hole.”“After every school shooting, the media and those affected are quick to point to so-called ‘red flags’ that were missed by those in the shooter’s life,” Shannon Smith and Mariell Lehman said in an unsuccessful effort to get the Michigan Supreme Court to dismiss the charges. “But the truth of the matter is one cannot predict the unimaginable.”At his sentencing, Ethan, now 17, told a judge that he was a “really bad person” who could not stop himself.“They did not know and I did not tell them what I planned to do, so they are not at fault,” he said of his parents.A few hours before the shooting, the Crumbleys were summoned to Oxford High School. Ethan had drawn violent images on a math assignment with the message: “The thoughts won’t stop. Help me.”The parents were told to get him into counseling, but they declined to remove him from school and left campus after less than 30 minutes, according to investigators. Ethan had brought a gun from home that day, Nov. 30, 2021, though no one checked his backpack.The shooter surrendered to police after killing four students and wounding seven more people. The parents were charged a few days later, but they weren't easy to find. Police said they were hiding in a building in Detroit.The Crumbleys have been in jail for more than two years awaiting trial, unable to afford a $500,000 bond. Involuntary manslaughter in Michigan carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.

PONTIAC, Mich. —

Video above: Michigan shooter sentenced to life in prison

Jennifer and James Crumbley are not accused of knowing their son planned to kill fellow students at Oxford High School in 2021. But prosecutors said they made a gun accessible to Ethan Crumbley, ignored his mental health needs and declined to take him home when confronted with his violent drawings at school on the day of the attack.

Involuntary manslaughter has been “well-defined for ages, and its elements are definite and plain: gross negligence causing death,” assistant prosecutor Joseph Shada said in a court filing.

More than 200 people appeared Tuesday at Oakland County court, 40 miles north of Detroit, to begin the jury selection process in Jennifer Crumbley's trial. James Crumbley will face a separate trial in March. In December, Ethan was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murder, terrorism and other crimes.

It's a notable case: The Crumbleys are the first parents to be charged in a mass U.S. school shooting. The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who wounded his teacher with a gun was recently sentenced to two years in prison for child neglect.

“I think prosecutors are feeling pressure when these weapon-related offenses occur,” said Eve Brensike Primus, who teaches criminal procedure at the University of Michigan Law School. “People are outraged, and they're looking for someone to take responsibility for it.”

Video below: Authorities say Michigan school shooter had concerning behavior prior to the attack

There's no dispute that James Crumbley, 47, bought a gun with Ethan at his side four days before the shooting — the teen called it, “my new beauty.” Jennifer Crumbley, 45, took him to a shooting range and described the outing on Instagram as a “mom and son day.”

A day before the shooting, the school informed Jennifer Crumbley that Ethan, who was 15, was looking at ammunition on his phone. “I'm not mad,” she texted him. “You have to learn not to get caught.”

Defense attorneys insist the tragedy was not foreseeable by the parents. They liken the charges to trying to put a “square peg into a round hole.”

“After every school shooting, the media and those affected are quick to point to so-called ‘red flags’ that were missed by those in the shooter’s life,” Shannon Smith and Mariell Lehman said in an unsuccessful effort to get the Michigan Supreme Court to dismiss the charges. “But the truth of the matter is one cannot predict the unimaginable.”

At his sentencing, Ethan, now 17, told a judge that he was a “really bad person” who could not stop himself.

“They did not know and I did not tell them what I planned to do, so they are not at fault,” he said of his parents.

A few hours before the shooting, the Crumbleys were summoned to Oxford High School. Ethan had drawn violent images on a math assignment with the message: “The thoughts won’t stop. Help me.”

The parents were told to get him into counseling, but they declined to remove him from school and left campus after less than 30 minutes, according to investigators. Ethan had brought a gun from home that day, Nov. 30, 2021, though no one checked his backpack.

The shooter surrendered to police after killing four students and wounding seven more people. The parents were charged a few days later, but they weren't easy to find. Police said they were hiding in a building in Detroit.

The Crumbleys have been in jail for more than two years awaiting trial, unable to afford a $500,000 bond. Involuntary manslaughter in Michigan carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.

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