Oxford High School shooter’s mom Jennifer Crumbley wants out of prison
MDOC’s Jennifer Crumbley
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The attorney for Jennifer Crumbley is demanding she be released from prison as he pushes for her conviction to be appealed.
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Jennifer was sentenced to 10-15 years in prison for her role in the Oxford High School shooting, which was committed by her teen son.
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While the appeal is pending, attorney Michael Dezsi says Jennifer should be allowed to post bond and be released from prison because she “has committed no crime, has never harmed anyone, and is certainly not a flight risk.”
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The attorney for Jennifer Crumbley is demanding she be released from prison as he pushes for her conviction to be appealed.
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Jennifer was sentenced to 10-15 years in prison for her role in the Oxford High School shooting, which was committed by her teen son.
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While the appeal is pending, attorney Michael Dezsi says Jennifer should be allowed to post bond and be released from prison because she “has committed no crime, has never harmed anyone, and is certainly not a flight risk.”
FOX 2 in OXFORD, MIThe mother of the Oxford High School shooter, Jennifer Crumbley, is being demanded to be released from prison by her lawyer.
In connection with their involvement in the school shooting on November 30, 2021, Jennifer and her husband, James Crumbley, were found guilty on four counts of involuntary manslaughter. Charges were filed against the couple after their 15-year-old son killed four people at school with a gun.
Both parents were found guilty by juries.
Michael Dezsi, Jennifer’s lawyer, appealed her sentence earlier this month, claiming that her trial was “riddled with errors.”
Why does Jennifer Crumbley want out of prison?
Dezsi claims that since Jennifer “has committed no crime, has never harmed anyone, and is certainly not a flight risk,” she should be permitted to post bond and be released from prison while the appeal is still pending.
Prosecutors were accused of “overreaching,” and he claimed that the case was the consequence of “attempts to pin the failings of a nation on the back of a parent.”
Dezsi claims that although sentencing guidelines called for a term of as little as 43 months, Jennifer was given more than ten years in prison.
“Having Mrs. Crumbley locked up at the Michigan Department of Corrections’ Women’s Huron Valley facility not only casts a dark shadow over the justice system but rewards the prosecution of a fabricated crime, setting a very dangerous precedent,” Dezsi stated in a press statement.
A judge rejected the shooter’s plea withdrawal and resentencing motions from Oxford High School.
Why is Jennifer Crumbley seeking an appeal?
Dezsi claimed that certain facts, such as the fact that two important witnesses who were employed by the school signed cooperation agreements to testify against Jennifer, were excluded from the trial. Dezski claims that no disclosure of these agreements was made.
The appeal brief claims that because Nick Ejak and Shawn Hopkins, two employees, had the opportunity to check the shooter’s rucksack before to the shooting but chose not to do so, the agreements ought to have been shown to the jury.
“These findings merely demonstrate why Hopkins and Ejak were given Proffer Agreements in the first place, because they had obvious criminal exposure,” said Dezsi. “To the extent that these witnesses testified so as to shift blame away from themselves and onto the parents, the jury should have been made aware of those Proffer Agreements so that they could more accurately and fully assess their credibility.”
According to Dezsi’s court petition, the prosecution contended that Jennifer lacked parental authority over her underage child. He did point out, though, that her kid was found guilty and given an adult punishment.
“These theories are both factually inconsistent and mutually exclusive amounting to a violation of Mrs. Crumbley s due process rights under both federal and state law,” he stated.
Dezsi further contended that even if the jury’s decision was not unanimous, they were informed that they may still find Jennifer guilty.
In its response to the appeal, the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office stated, in part, that “24 jurors unanimously agreed that James and Jennifer Crumbley are responsible for the deaths of Hana, Madisyn, Tate, and Justin, and they are the rare, grossly negligent exception.” Making our schools safer starts with holding people responsible for their actions.
The most recent request has not received a response from the office.
What happens next
A hearing is set on January 8, 2025, per court documents.
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