In January 2024, the trial ofJennifer Crumbleybegan nearly three years after she was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. This particular case was rare in that it was the first time a parent could be held responsible for a school shooting perpetrated by their child. In November...
James and Jennifer are looking at a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison after being the first parents charged in connection with a mass shooting committed by their child. Prosecutors want the Crumbleys to spend 10-15 years in prison. A big question is whether both will receive...
Judge Cheryl Matthews said she won’t allow it because his attorneys have said he will plead the Fifth Amendment. The shooter’s attorneys areappealing his sentence of life in prison without the chance of parole. Shannon Smith, Crumbley’s attorney, challenged the judge’s decision because she...
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Miller hearings are required to occur when a juvenile faces a life sentence without parole. In October, Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to all 24 charges, including terrorism and first-degree murder, almost a year after the Oxford High School shooting that killed four students and injured six ...
First-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence for adults in Michigan. But the shooter was 15 at the time, which now gives the judge options: life in prison or a shorter term — somewhere from 25 years to 40 years at a minimum — and an eventual opportunity for freedom. The hea...
hours per day," Crumbley said in a pre-sentencing memo. "I am hopeful the Court will sentence me in a way that allows me to be released from jail for the balance of my sentence. I do have an Oakland County address where I could live and be placed on a tether with house arrest...
Investigators found an empty gun case and empty ammunition box on the parents’ bed. A cable that could have locked the gun was still in a package, unopened. Ethan told a judge whenhe pleaded guiltyto murder and terrorism that the gun was not locked ...
He said he was not aware his son was planning a school shooting, and he asked the judge, “sentence me in a fair way.” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald urged the judge to exceed the sentencing guidelines for the Crumbleys and to consider the “devastating impact of their gross...
The state of Michigan doesn’t have the death penalty, but in September 2023 a judge ruled the shooter is eligible for life without parole, despite him being 15 at the time of the shooting. A lesser sentence of life with the potential for parole could also be handed down. Ad Feedback ...