Prosecuting parents

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🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The Oxford, Michigan, school shooter's parents will serve up to 15 years in prison. Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first parents held criminally liable for a mass school shooting in the US, but they likely won't be the last. This episode was produced by Haleema Shah with help from Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On Tuesday something happened in Michigan that's never happened before.
0:05.0	James and Jennifer Kumbly are the first parents in the United States to be held responsible for a mass shooting by their child.
0:14.0	Both were convicted of involuntary manslaughter for failing to secure the gun that
0:19.1	Ethan used to kill four of his classmates.
0:21.2	The parents of a school shooter were sentenced for a crime
0:25.2	their kid committed.
0:27.0	Now with the PA we hear our principal Mr. Wolf is shouting Alice lockdown, Alice lockdown and then we heard the gunshots in the class and I was
0:35.5	up praying for you know my safety my friend safety you know everyone's safety.
0:41.6	On today explained we're going to hear from two
0:43.4	Michiganders. One is going to remind us what happened in Oxford, Michigan
0:47.4	back in November 2021 and tell us what happened in the subsequent trials. The
0:52.2	other is going to tell us what prosecuting the panor what
0:55.0	the subsequent trials. The other is going to tell us what prosecuting the parents in this case
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