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

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 teen’s 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 didn’t volunteer it during a brief meeting.

  • teamevil@lemmy.world
    27·
    7 months ago

    I mean also probably don’t arm your emotionally unstable teen with a handgun…(Or anyone experiencing genuine emotional challenges) I mean I get hunting rifle for country hunting teens but these type of disasters never have real hunting rifles…it’s always tactical shit or handguns.

    • Dark ArcAEnglish
      10·
      7 months ago

      In general I feel like parents shouldn’t be held accountable for everything their kids do; but, in the circumstances surrounding this case where the parents gave a kid that was clearly mentally unstable a gun with no supervision or real steps to safeguard said gun… Yeah they should be held liable.

      • teamevil@lemmy.world
        62·
        7 months ago

        The mother literally lied said she could not skip work to watch her son, (was disputed by the job which said she could skip) to give her lover a handy in a Costco parking lot.

        • Dark ArcAEnglish
          41·
          7 months ago

          Ooof… Mother of the year…