He Murdered His Classmates. Should His Mother Go to Jail?

Jennifer Crumbley, whose son Ethan killed four in a Michigan school shooting, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for her role in the crime. (Photo by Bill Pugliano via Getty Images)
The conviction of Jennifer Crumbley could serve—at long last—as a deterrent to the school shooting epidemic in America, argues Joe Nocera.
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Jennifer Crumbley, who was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday, did not kill anyone, not even “involuntarily.”
Rather, it was her son Ethan who, in November 2021, sneaked a gun into his Michigan high school and killed four of his classmates. He pleaded guilty in 2022 and in December received a life sentence with no chance o…
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