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6 U. Cent. Fla. Dep't Legal Stud. L.J. 207 (2023)
Parents Are the Problem?

handle is hein.journals/ucflaegs6 and id is 208 raw text is: PARENTS ARE THE PROBLEM? Julian Cope Introduction On Monday, October 24, 2022, fifteen-year-old Ethan Crumbley pled guilty to twenty-four charges, including one count of terrorism and four counts of first-degree murder.65 Less than a year had passed since he came to Oxford Michigan High School with a semi-automatic pistol and 50 rounds of ammunition to open fire.66 He murdered four students, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre, Hana St. Juliana, and Justin Shiling.67 Six other students and one teacher were injured before Ethan Crumbley surrendered to authorities.68 Where Ethan Crumbley will likely face a life sentence with the possibility of parole,69 national attention has turned to his parents, James Crumbley and Jennifer Crumbley, who are each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter.70 If found guilty, the parents could each face a maximum sentence of sixty years in prison and a fine of up to 30,000 dollars.71 Their guilt rests on the concept of parental liability, and on the responsibility they owed to society and the victims to prevent their son's violent crime. Notably, James Crumbley purchased the pistol for Ethan the weekend before the school shooting, and on the day of, Ethan was caught drawing a handgun pointed at a person with the words, the thoughts won't stop help me.72 The school officials then held an immediate meeting with Ethan and his parents, wherein the officials recommended he go home and seek counseling within 65 Kim Bellware, Marisa Iati, & Praveena Somasundaram, Suspect in Oxford school shooting pleads guilty, including to rare terrorism count, THE WASHINGTON POST (Oct. 24, 2022), https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/24/oxford-shooter-pleads-guilty/. 66 Aya Elamroussi, The shooter 'methodically and deliberately' fired at students. A timeline of a school shooting tragedy, CNN (Dec. 4, 2021), https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/04/us/ michigan-oxford-high-school-shooting-timeline/index.html. 67 See id. 68 See id. 69 See id. 70 Bellware, Iati, & Praveena, supra Note 1. ?1 Ray Sanchez, Prosecutors seek to introduce evidence Michigan school shooter's parents created pathway to violence, CNN (Oct. 28, 2022), https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/us/ethan-crumbley-parents-michigan-hearing/index.html. 72 Elamroussi, supra note 2. 207

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