Michigan Shooting Case: Avoid Overcharging

Prosecutors in Oakland County, Mich., have announced that the parents of 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with his alleged shooting spree at Oxford High School earlier this week, in which four students were killed and seven other people were wounded. According to the latest reporting, the parents — James and Jennifer Crumbley — have gone missing and are now the subject of an intensive dragnet, as if they had planned and executed the mass murder themselves.

A few quick thoughts.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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Prosecutors in Oakland County, Mich., have announced that the parents of 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with his alleged shooting spree at Oxford High School earlier this week, in which four students were killed and seven other people were wounded. According to the latest reporting, the parents — James and Jennifer Crumbley — have gone missing and are now the subject of an intensive dragnet, as if they had planned and executed the mass murder themselves.

A few quick thoughts.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.