The parents of a teenager who killed four students at Michigan’s Oxford High School are asking a judge to let them attend his sentencing in December. James and Jennifer Crumbley are in jail awaiting trial on involuntary manslaughter charges. Ethan Crumbley could be sentenced to life in prison.
FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2022, photo, Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of Ethan Crumbley, a teenager accused of killing four students in a shooting at Oxford High School, appear in court in Rochester Hills, Mich. The Michigan Supreme Court turned down an appeal Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, clearing the way for the parents of the Oxford High School shooter to face trial on involuntary manslaughter charges. FILE - Students hug at a memorial at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., Dec. 1, 2021.
“Understandably, this hearing is of paramount importance, and would be to any parent, no matter what their child has done,” defense lawyers Shannon Smith and Mariell Lehman said in a court filing Thursday. Prosecutors are opposed to having the Crumbley parents in court, saying their presence would be a distraction, especially for victims who plan to speak at the sentencing, theThe parents have been in custody since shortly after the November 2021 shooting, unable to afford a $500,000 bond. They are accused of contributing to the tragedy by making a gun accessible to their son at home and ignoring his mental health needs.
Four students were killed at Oxford High School and six more students and a staff member were wounded. The shooter pleaded
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