Crumbley’s Parents Trial. Jurors convicted a Young School shooter’s Father and Mother of Manslaughter.

Crumbley’s Parents Trial – In newly filed court records, Michigan prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence the parents of school shooter Ethan Crumbley to at least ten years in prison, claiming they both demonstrated a “chilling lack of remorse” after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter. In two separate sentencing memorandums dated April 3, Oakland County prosecutors asked the judge to sentence each parent to 10 to 15 years in state prison.

What do the Officials Say?

According to authorities, Crumbley’s father has frequently threatened Prosecuting Attorney Karen McDonald, saying “there will be retribution.” At the same time, her mother has requested that she serve her sentence under house arrest at her defense attorney’s home. James and Jennifer Crumbley were convicted of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in two separate trials this year for their roles in their son’s mass shooting at Oxford High School on November 30, 2021. 

Crumbley’s Parents Trial:

Jurors judged them both highly negligent in permitting their adolescent son to possess a firearm and ignoring symptoms of his deteriorating mental state. Ethan, who was 15 at the time, killed four classmates: Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Tate Myre, 16; Hana St. Juliana, 14; and Justin Shilling, 17; and injured seven others. His parents have been in prison since December 2021, when they were apprehended at a Detroit warehouse after leading authorities on a manhunt following the school shooting.

Court Records Suggest Threats and Lack of Remorse:

In a rare step, prosecutors made sections of the pre-sentencing investigation reports public, including statements from both defendants written after juries convicted them guilty of the killings. In the prosecution’s sentencing motion for James Crumbley, prosecutors stated that “his jail calls show a total lack of remorse, he blames everyone but himself, and he threatened the elected prosecutor.” They further observe that the father has constantly stated that he is being persecuted and refers to himself as a “martyr.” On Thursday, March 14, 2024, James Crumbley and his attorney, Mariell Lehman, listened to the verdict in Oakland County Court in Pontiac, Michigan.