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Should Parents Pay for the Crimes of Their Children?
A memorial outside Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan, where Ethan Crumbley killed four students in November 2021. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The conviction of Jennifer Crumbley. Plus: Shane Gillis gets uncanceled, more DEI overreach in academia, and new Free Press merch.
By Oliver Wiseman
02.08.24 — Education
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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. In December, he received a life sentence with no chance of parole.

Does his mother s…

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Oliver Wiseman

Oliver Wiseman is a senior editor and writer for The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.

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