PONTIAC, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Attorneys for the admitted Oxford High School shooter are trying to take a life without parole sentence off the table.
The attorneys for Ethan Crumbley, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, are asking for a prison term with a specific end date and plan to debate whether he is “irreparably corrupt.” Prosecutors say the real issue is whether life in prison without parole should be an option when the crime is committed by a teenager.
The shooting on Nov. 30, 2021, killed four students and injured seven other people.
Crumbley pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder, seven counts of assault with intent to murder and several weapons charges. The murder charges normally carry a mandatory life without parole sentence. His sentencing hearing is set to start July 27 in Oakland County Circuit Court.
Meanwhile, Crumbley’s parents are facing legal troubles of their own. James and Jennifer Crumbley are awaiting trial on four counts of involuntary manslaughter. They are accused of failing to get their son mental health treatment and buying the gun for Crumbley he used in the shooting.
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