The Crumbley Convictions: Who Should Be Held Responsible for School Shootings?
While we may be comforted by the pursuit and conviction of people based on vicarious liability, we may also be creating an injustice, one school safety expert warns.
While we may be comforted by the pursuit and conviction of people based on vicarious liability, we may also be creating an injustice, one school safety expert warns.
The victim was wrongfully convicted of identity fraud himself and spent 428 days in jail and 147 days in a mental health facility.
Both parents were found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter and faced up to 15 years in prison for each count.
Prosecutors largely focused on James Crumbley’s improper storage of the firearm his son used in the Oxford High School shooting.
The officer previously worked for the San Jose Police Department for 25 years and had no prior disciplinary measures against him.
Jennifer Crumbley is the first parent in the U.S. to be held responsible for their child carrying out a mass school shooting.
Four justices said WSU couldn’t predict or control the perpetrator’s actions despite knowing of past assault allegations made against him.
The shooter’s defense attorneys argued he had shown signs of severe mental illness years before the shooting and that neither his parents nor school officials did anything to help him.
The verdict comes a month after Baylor settled another lawsuit filed by 15 women who alleged they were sexually assaulted at the school.
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled the accuser is not immune because the accused had fewer rights during Yale’s disciplinary process than he would have had in criminal court.