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☆ James and Jennifer Crumbley were both found guilty. But they took different paths to get there
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Now, James Crumbley is on trial 06:15 - Source: CNNThe major difference in the trials was Jennifer Crumbley’s decision to testify in her own defense, while James Crumbley did not. On the stand, Jennifer Crumbley pushed blame onto her son, her husband and the school, and she expressed no regret for her actions. James Crumbley, meanwhile, declined to testify. Smith released a statement Thursday saying she and Jennifer Crumbley will not be doing interviews at this time. On the stand, Jennifer Crumbley testified she believed these texts were Ethan “messing around” as part of an ongoing joke about their house being haunted.

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☆ Opinion: The Jennifer Crumbley verdict is a powerful warning to parents
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Opinion Jennifer Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Prosecutors alleged that the Crumbley parents willfully disregarded warning signs that their son was in crisis, did not heed concerns of school administrators, bought him a gun days before the shooting and failed to lock it up. Yet, research shows that even parents who think their guns are inaccessible to minors are mistaken. Distributed responsibilityMost parents want their children to be safe, yet many continue to enable household access to loaded guns. In fact, a recent study shows that states often loosened gun laws after mass shootings, especially states with Republican legislatures. This case opens the door for parents to be held legally accountable, and reminds all parents of their responsibilities when it comes to gun safety.

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☆ Jennifer Crumbley is the first parent in America convicted in a mass school shooting carried out by their own child
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jennifer Crumbley, along with her husband James Crumbley, were charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the massacre, making them the first parents in America to face charges for a mass school shooting carried out by their own child. AdvertisementProsecutors painted Jennifer Crumbley as an unaware and negligent mother who was consumed with an extramarital affair. Prosecutors told jurors that Jennifer Crumbley "abruptly" ended the meeting after just 11 minutes and the parents did not take their son home. Booking photos of James and Jennifer Crumbley. Please don't judge me for what my son did," Jennifer Crumbley said in a text message amid the shooting, said Andrew Smith, the COO of a real-estate company where Jennifer Crumbley worked.

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☆ Jennifer Crumbley, mother of school shooter, found guilty of manslaughter in test of who’s responsible for a mass shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Eric Levenson | Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Jennifer Crumbley looked down at her clasped hands as the verdict was read. Live updates: Jury reaches verdict in Jennifer Crumbley trialJennifer Crumbley exits from the courtroom in shackles on Tuesday after her guilty verdict. Over a week of testimony, law enforcement officials, school employees, shooting victims and those who knew Jennifer Crumbley testified for the prosecution. Jennifer Crumbley took the stand in her own defense and, in a remarkable moment, expressed no regret for her actions. Jennifer Crumbley testified the school meeting was “nonchalant” and “brief.”“We agreed that it might stress him out more to do his school remotely the rest of the day.

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☆ Jury begins deliberations in manslaughter trial of Michigan school shooter’s mother Jennifer Crumbley
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Eric Levenson | Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Over a week of testimony, law enforcement officials, school employees, shooting victims and those who knew Jennifer Crumbley testified for the prosecution. Jennifer Crumbley took the stand in her own defense and, in a remarkable moment, expressed no regret for her actions. Their son Ethan pleaded guilty to one count of terrorism causing death, four counts of murder and 19 other charges related to the deadly rampage. But in her testimony, Crumbley testified that safely storing the gun was her husband’s responsibility. Jennifer Crumbley testified the school meeting was “nonchalant” and “brief.”“We agreed that it might stress him out more to do his school remotely the rest of the day.

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☆ Jennifer Crumbley's affair will now be allowed as evidence in Michigan school shooting trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe jury in Jennifer Crumbley's manslaughter trial is hearing evidence about her Costco parking lot love affair after the judge on Wednesday reversed her decision to keep it out of court. Jennifer and James Crumbley face involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the Oxford High School shooting in November 2021 carried out by their son. The Crumbleys originally planned to stand trial together but in November requested separate trials after prosecutors claimed in court filings that Jennifer Crumbley blamed her husband for the shooting. At the time, the judge ruled that evidence of the affair would not be allowed at trial. But that ruling was reversed on Wednesday after Brian Meloche — the firefighter with whom Jennifer Crumbley was having the affair — testified .

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PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors arguing that a Michigan school shooter's mother is partly responsible for the deaths of four students told jurors Thursday that the tragedy could have been easily prevented when she was confronted with his violent drawings just a few hours earlier. “Even though she didn't pull the trigger, she's responsible for those deaths,” Keast said in his opening statement. Jennifer Crumbley, 45, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Nov. 30, 2021, attack. “The two people with all of the information, all of the background to put this drawing into context, were James and Jennifer Crumbley,” Keast said. Jennifer Crumbley, who will testify in her own defense, was a “hypervigilant mother who cared more about her son than anything in the world,” Smith said.

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☆ Attorney for the mom of a 15-year-old school shooter opened her manslaughter trial by quoting Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementShannon Smith, an attorney for Jennifer Crumbley, began her opening statement to the jury by reciting a Taylor Swift song. Smith told the jury that much of the evidence they would hear and see is "horrific" and would scare them. According to Smith, Jennifer Crumbley did not know where the family's gun was kept or "how to put it in the car." AdvertisementProsecutor Marc Keast, meanwhile, described Jennifer Crumbley as an unaware mom who had several opportunities to intervene before her 15-year-old murdered his classmates. Opening statements for James Crumbley's trial are scheduled to begin on March 5.

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☆ Parents of Michigan teen school shooter to face trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

David Guralnick/Pool via... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreOct 3 (Reuters) - The parents of a teenage school shooter who killed four students and wounded six other people in 2021 at his Detroit-area high school will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The court, in Lansing, Michigan, ruled that it would not hear the appeal of the parents of Ethan Crumbley, who was 15 at the time of the Oxford High School shooting. His parents, Jennifer and James Crumbley, are seeking to avoid trial on four counts of involuntary manslaughter each. An Oakland County Circuit Court and a panel of three Michigan Court of Appeals judges have already ruled against the Crumbleys. The Crumbleys each face charges connected to the deaths of Oxford High students Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Tate Myre, 16; Hana St. Juliana, 14; and Justin Shilling, 17.

Persons: Ethan Crumbley, David Guralnick, James Crumbley, Shannon Smith, Mariell Lehman, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre, Hana St, Juliana, Justin Shilling, Rich McKay, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Oxford, Oakland, Michigan Supreme, Oxford High School, Prosecutors, Circuit Court, Detroit News, Oxford High, Thomson Locations: Oakland County, Pontiac , U.S, Detroit, Michigan, Lansing , Michigan, Atlanta

☆ 4 side hustles for Gen Z that can bring in hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Gen Zers, specifically, make an average of $9,537 per year on their side hustles. "You've got more time, probably, you've got the ability to live unconventionally because you're probably by yourself." Here are four side hustles for Gen Z to consider. "Maybe you're really great at Excel, or you're great at Google Docs, or you're great at Photoshop or you're really, really good at organization," says Glantz. When it comes to restaurant assignments, "for Gen Z, it's a good option because it's free food," says Ha, adding that at a young age, "you probably have more flexibility to go out to eat."

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