James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the Oxford High School shooter who shot and killed four of his fellow students in November 2021, were each sentenced to 10 to 17 years in prison after separate juries conflicted them of manslaughter, the maximum sentence possible.
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Tuesday’s sentencing capped a landmark, years-long legal saga that saw, for the first time in the U.S., parents being held criminally responsible for a school shooting carried out by their child.
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