Prosecutors will seek 10 to 15 years in prison for Crumbley parents at sentencing
Prosecutors on Wednesday said they will ask a judge to sentence the Michigan parents convicted in their son’s deadly school shooting to 10 to 15 years in prison each, according to copies of the prosecution memos obtained by NBC News.
Prosecutors on Wednesday said they will ask a judge to sentence the Michigan parents convicted in their son’s deadly school shooting to 10 to 15 years in prison each, according to copies of the prosecution memos obtained by NBC News.
James and Jennifer Crumbley, both found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in separate trials, are facing up to 15 years in prison per the four counts — each representing a student killed by their son, Ethan, in 2021.
In Michigan, Oakland County prosecutors said, felonies that rise out of the same event must run concurrently, so the most the judge can impose is 15 years in total.
The prosecution in its sentencing memos argued to Circuit Court Judge Cheryl Matthews that the parents' cases called for sentences that exceed the advisory guideline range.
In each of the cases, prosecutors wrote that the parents' "gross negligence changed an entire community forever."
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