Jennifer Crumbley, the convicted mom of the Oxford school shooter, requested {that a} choose launch her from jail, sustaining it will be “grossly unfair and unjust” to maintain her locked up throughout her ongoing appeals course of.
The request to be launched got here after Crumbley was convicted on four counts of involuntary manslaughter for the capturing son, Ethan, carried out on Nov. 30, 2021. The capturing at Oxford High School killed Tate Myre, 16; Justin Shilling, 16; Hana St. Juliana, 14; and Madisyn Baldwin, 17, and injured seven others. Her husband, James Crumbley, was later convicted on the identical prices.
Crumbley’s legal professional, Michael Deszi, filed a movement within the Oakland County Circuit Court on Thursday, arguing that Crumbley shouldn’t be a “flight threat” and “poses no hazard to the general public.”
“This case has been bungled beginning with the prosecution’s overreaching cost of involuntary manslaughter of a dad or mum for the intentional prison acts of her son who was charged and handled as an grownup within the eyes of the regulation,” Deszi wrote within the courtroom submitting.
JENNIFER CRUMBLEY TRIAL: MICHIGAN JURY FINDS SCHOOL SHOOTER’S MOM GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Ethan Robert Crumbley, 15, charged with first-degree homicide in a highschool capturing, poses in a jail reserving {photograph} taken on the Oakland County Jail in Pontiac, Michigan. (Oakland County Sheriff)
Deszi argued that Crumbley shouldn’t should be locked up till her case reaches the Michigan Supreme Court.
“… It could be grossly unfair and unjust to maintain Mrs. Crumbley locked up for years whereas this matter proceeds slowly — seemingly for years — earlier than the appellate courts,” Dezsi wrote, noting she has already been locked up for greater than three years.
MICHIGAN SCHOOL SHOOTER’S MOTHER JENNIFER CRUMBLEY CALLED SON AN ‘OOPSIE BABY,’ WITNESS SAYS
“Given the overtly tenuous nature of those prices, the prosecution shouldn’t reap the reward of a prolonged illegal incarceration earlier than the Michigan Supreme Court can hear and determine this case,” he mentioned.
James and Jennifer Crumbley seem in courtroom, Rochester Hills, Michigan, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
In an announcement on Thursday, Oakland County’s Chief Assistant Prosecutor David Williams mentioned Jennifer Crumbley wanted to remain locked up because of her actions – not the actions of her then-15-year-old son.
“Jennifer Crumbley was tried by a jury of her friends for her personal actions and inactions resulting in the capturing at Oxford High School — not for the actions of her son,” he mentioned.
“A jury of 12 people listened to testimony and reviewed numerous items of proof earlier than they unanimously discovered her responsible as charged, and she or he was sentenced by the choose accordingly,” he mentioned. “This was an egregious set of information that resulted in a conviction together with a 10-15-year jail sentence.”
Four college students had been killed, and 7 others injured on November 30, when scholar Ethan Crumbley opened fireplace at Oxford High School. (Scott Olson)
The Crumbley mother and father made historical past as the primary mother and father to be convicted for a mass shooting dedicated by tha mass capturing eir youngster.
Jennifer was sentenced to serve between 10 and 15 years in jail after an Oakland County courtroom heard proof arguing the now-46-year-old uncared for her son’s cries for assist through the years main as much as the capturing.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
She and James additionally confirmed up at Oxford High on the identical day Ethan shot folks within the hallways to debate violent pictures the then-15-year-old drew on a worksheet at school with faculty directors, however they left and went again to work shortly afterward.
Earlier this month, Jennifer Crumbley requested the courtroom to overturn her conviction or grant her a brand new trial.
Fox News Digital’s Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.
