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Holding parents of school shooters responsible: The legal questions behind the rare case

Published December 6, 2021 at 11:11 AM CST
A memorial outside of Oxford High School continues to grow on Dec. 3, 2021, in Oxford, Michigan. Four students were killed and seven others injured on Nov. 30, when student Ethan Crumbley allegedly opened fire with a pistol at the school. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
A memorial outside of Oxford High School continues to grow on Dec. 3, 2021, in Oxford, Michigan. Four students were killed and seven others injured on Nov. 30, when student Ethan Crumbley allegedly opened fire with a pistol at the school. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Litigation and trial attorney Karen Conti joins Here & Now‘s Scott Tong to discuss the legal ramifications of Michigan prosecutors charging the parents of the Oxford, Michigan, school shooting suspect with four counts each of involuntary manslaughter.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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