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FILE - Judge Cheryl Matthews listens to defense attorney Shannon Smith, left, and her client Jennifer Crumbley during the sentencing of Jennifer and James Crumbley, April 9, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Judge is urged to ignore ‘emotion,’ grant new trial to dad in Michigan school shooting

By Ed White - Associated Press

From left, James Crumbley, defense lawyer Mariell Lehman, Jennifer Crumbley, and defense lawyer Shannon Smith await sentencing in Oakland County, Mich., court on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. The Crumbleys were convicted of involuntary manslaughter for a school shooting committed by their son in 2021. (AP Photo/Ed White)

Michigan school shooter’s parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison

By Ed White - Associated Press

From left, James Crumbley, defense lawyer Mariell Lehman, Jennifer Crumbley, and defense lawyer Shannon Smith await sentencing in Oakland County, Mich., court on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. The Crumbleys were convicted of involuntary manslaughter for a school shooting committed by their son in 2021. (AP Photo/Ed White)

Families seek years in prison for parents of Michigan school shooter

By Ed White - Associated Press

Photographs of four students — Hana St. Juliana, 14; Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Tate Myre, 16; and Justin Shilling, 17 — sit among bouquets of flowers, teddy bears and other personal items left at the memorial site, Dec. 7, 2021, outside Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich. The parents of the four students killed at the Michigan school called on Monday, March 18, 2024, for a state investigation of all aspects of the 2021 mass shooting, saying the convictions of a teenager and his parents are not enough to close the book. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)

Parents of Michigan school shooting victims say more investigation is needed

By Ed White - Associated Press

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald demonstrates how swiftly she was able to insert a gun lock during closing statements in the trial of James Crumbley, Wednesday, March, 13, 2024 in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbley is charged with involuntary manslaughter, accused of failing to secure a gun at home and ignoring his son's mental health. Ethan Crumbley killed four students at Oxford High School in 2021. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP, Pool)

Prosecutor urges jury to convict Michigan school shooter’s dad, says he could have prevented tragedy

By Ed White - Associated Press

In a frame grab from video, the empty gun case and ammunition box are seen on the bed of James and Jennifer Crumbley during the trial for James Crumbley, the father of a Michigan school shooter, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 in Pontiac, Mich. Prosecutors are focusing on the morning of the tragedy at Oxford High School in 2021 when four students were killed later that day. Crumbley is charged with involuntary manslaughter for failing to prevent the killings. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, Pool)

Jury sees bedroom photo of empty box that held gun used in Michigan school shooting

By Ed White - Associated Press

James Crumbley enters the courtroom during his motion hearing at Oakland County Courthouse, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich. (Clarence Tabb Jr./Detroit News via AP, Pool)

James Crumbley is up next as second parent to stand trial in Michigan school shooting

By Ed White - Associated Press

James Crumbley, father of Ethan Crumbley, a teenager accused of killing four students in a shooting at Oxford High School, appears in court for a preliminary examination on involuntary manslaughter charges in Rochester Hills, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. James Crumbley, the father of a Michigan school shooter wants jurors from a different county to decide his involuntary manslaughter case, arguing that he can't get a fair trial because of excessive publicity and his wife's recent conviction. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Michigan school shooter’s father wants a jury from outside the community

Associated Press

Jennifer Crumbley is escorted away, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 in Pontiac, Mich. The jury received instructions from a judge and begin deliberations in an unusual trial against a school shooter's mother. The deliberations beginning Monday could send Crumbley to prison if she is convicted of contributing to the deaths of four students in 2021. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, Pool)

Jury finds Michigan school shooter’s mother guilty of manslaughter

By Ed White - Associated Press

Jennifer Crumbley arrives in court, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 in Pontiac, Mich. The jury received instructions from a judge and begin deliberations in an unusual trial against a school shooter's mother. The deliberations which began Monday could send Crumbley to prison if she is convicted of contributing to the deaths of four students in 2021. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, Pool)

Jury finds Michigan school shooter’s mother Jennifer Crumbley guilty of manslaughter

By Ed White - Associated Press

Jennifer Crumbley waits to be escorted from the Oakland County courtroom Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbley, 45, is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors say she and her husband were grossly negligent and could have prevented the four deaths if they had tended to their son’s mental health. They’re also accused of making a gun accessible at home. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, Pool)

Jury gets manslaughter case against Michigan school shooter’s mother

By Ed White - Associated Press

Jennifer Crumbley testifies during her trial, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbley, 45, is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors say she and her husband were grossly negligent and could have prevented the four deaths if they had tended to their son’s mental health. They’re also accused of making a gun accessible at home. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP, Pool)

Michigan school shooter’s mom could have prevented bloodshed, prosecutor says

By Ed White - Associated Press

Defendant Jennifer Crumbley exits the courtroom during her jury trial at the Oakland County Courthouse, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbley, 45, is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors say she and her husband were grossly negligent and could have prevented the four deaths if they had tended to their son’s mental health. They’re also accused of making a gun accessible at home. (Katy Kildee/Detroit News via AP, Pool)

Jury hears that Michigan school shooter blamed parents for not getting him help

By Ed White - Associated Press

Defendant Jennifer Crumbley enters the courtroom for trial at Oakland County Courthouse, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbley, 45, is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors say she and her husband were grossly negligent and could have prevented the four deaths if they had tended to their son’s mental health. They’re also accused of making a gun accessible at home. (Clarence Tabb Jr./Detroit News via AP)

Official found it ‘strange’ that Michigan school shooter’s mom didn’t take him home over drawing

By Ed White - Associated Press

Jennifer Crumbley, left, stands with her attorney, Shannon Smith, in an Oakland County courtroom, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbley, 45, is on trial for involuntary manslaughter, the first time parents have been charged in a U.S. mass school shooting. She and her husband are accused of contributing to the deaths at Oxford High School by neglecting the needs of their son, Ethan Crumbley, and making a gun accessible at home. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP, Pool)

Counselor: Crumbley parents chose work over taking care of Ethan before school shooting

By Ed White - Associated Press

Parents walk away with their kids from the Meijer's parking lot, where many students gathered following an active shooter situation at Oxford High School, Nov. 30, 2021, in Oxford, Mich. The mother of a Michigan school shooter is headed to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges. Prosecutors are trying to pin criminal responsibility on Ethan Crumbley's parents in the deaths of four students at Oxford High School in 2021. Jennifer and James Crumbley are not accused of knowing their son planned to kill fellow students. But prosecutors say they were grossly negligent by making a gun accessible to Ethan Crumbley and ignoring his mental health needs. (Eric Seals/Detroit Free Press via AP, file)

Mother ignored Michigan school shooter’s texts about hallucinations because she was riding horses

By Ed White - Associated Press

Jennifer Crumbley becomes emotional after seeing video of her son walking through Oxford High School during the Nov. 30, 2021 shooting rampage in the courtroom of Oakland County Judge Cheryl Matthews on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbley, 45, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Nov. 30, 2021, attack. The case against her and her husband, who will stand trial in March, marks the first time that a parent has been charged in a mass shooting at a U.S. school. Prosecutors say the Crumbleys were grossly negligent and that their son's actions were foreseeable. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP, Pool)

Prosecutor tells jury that mother of Michigan school shooter is at fault for 4 student deaths

By Ed White - Associated Press

Ethan Crumbley stands with his attorneys, Paulette Loftin and Amy Hopp during his hearing at Oakland County Circuit Court, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich. Judge Kwame Rowe will hear a fourth and final day of testimony Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, to determine whether a teenager will get a life sentence for the fatal shooting of four students at a Michigan school in 2021. (Clarence Tabb Jr./Detroit News via AP, File, Pool, File)

Michigan judge to hear final day of testimony before sentencing school shooter

By Ed White - Associated Press

Ethan Crumbley answers yes to charges against him from assistant prosecutor during his pre-trial hearing at Oakland County Courthouse, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (Clarence Tabb Jr./Detroit News via AP, File)

Michigan judge will decide if a teenage school shooter will spend his life in prison

By Ed White - Associated Press

Ethan Crumbley answers &quot;yes&quot; to charges against him from assistant prosecutor during his pre-trial hearing at Oakland County Courthouse, Oct. 24, 2022, in Pontiac, Mich. On Monday, Nov. 14, prosecutors said they will seek a life sentence with no chance for parole for the 16-year-old boy who killed four fellow students at a Michigan school and pleaded guilty to murder and terrorism. (Clarence Tabb Jr./Detroit News via AP, File)

Life sentence sought for teen in Michigan school shooting

By Ed White and Corey Williams - Associated Press