Parents of US school shooter Ethan Crumbley sentenced to 10-15 years in prison
- Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first parents convicted in a US mass school shooting
- Their son Ethan is serving a life sentence for a deadly 2021 shooting at Oxford High School, Michigan
The parents of a teenager who carried out a deadly school shooting in the US state of Michigan were sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison on Tuesday in an unprecedented and closely watched case.
Jennifer Crumbley and her husband James – who bought their son the gun as a Christmas present – were the first parents of a school shooter to be convicted of manslaughter in the United States for the actions of their child.
Oakland County Judge Cheryl Matthews sentenced them to 10 to 15 years in prison each with credit for the 28 months they have already spent behind bars.
“These convictions are not about poor parenting,” Matthews said at an emotional hearing in Pontiac, Michigan, attended by relatives of the victims. “These convictions confirm repeated acts, or lack of acts, that could have halted an oncoming runaway train.”