involuntary manslaughter in mass school shootings: parents held accountable (oct. 30)

Question 1

school shooting stats

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Answer 1

175 shootings in 22 years
114: committed by weapons where FBI could trace origins

Question 2

oxford michigan shooting overview

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Answer 2

2021 - Ethan Crumbley (15y)
got gun from his parents’ house and killed 4 people
no case before had charged parents in school shootings
- hard to define their role & prove
parents were independently found guilty of homicide-related crime

Question 3

Ethan Crumbley
history

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Answer 3

son had drawings with violent imagery and his school notified his parents who did nothing about it
parents knew he had serious mental health issues

Question 4

Ethan Crumbley’s sentence

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Answer 4

became the first minor to receive an original sentence for LWOP following 2012 SCOTUS

Question 5

Jacob & Jennifer Crumbley

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Answer 5

• the first time parents were charged in a school shooting
• bought their son a gun for Christmas & lied to police about ownership
• both recieved 10-15 years

Question 6

crumbley parents & involuntary manslaughter

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Answer 6

unintentionally but grossly negligently caused the death of somebody else
state must prove:
- defendant caused death due to specific alleged acts of defendant
- victims’ deaths were a result of gross negligence

Question 7

causation

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Answer 7

factual causation
- but-for defendant’s actions, (Ethan) could not have been able to kill victims
proximate causation
- defendant’s actions “inexonerably intertwined”

Question 7

to prove gross negligence

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Answer 7

• Defendant knew of the danger to another
• could have avoided injury by using ordinary care
• failed to use ordinary care to prevent injury, must be apparent that result was likely to be serious injury