Ethan Crumbley apologized before the sentencing for the 2021 high school shooting as parents still in jail on related charges

A judge sentenced a Michigan teenager to life in prison on Friday for killing four students and terrorizing others at Oxford high school in 2021, after listening to hours of gripping anguish from parents and wounded survivors.

Judge Kwame Rowe rejected pleas from defense lawyers for a shorter sentence and ensured that Ethan Crumbley, 17, will not get an opportunity for parole.

Moments before learning his fate, the teen apologized and appeared to agree with his victims that the stiffest punishment was appropriate.

  • SeaJ
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    2610 months ago

    Fuck his parents. They had ample signs that he needed mental help. Instead of doing that, they bought him a gun. Now that he has the bare minimum of mental health services, he is regretful.

    • @chitak166
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      -1410 months ago

      Mental help can only go so far. Some people are beyond help and will treat any program with derision.

      Try attending any program for troubled kids and you’ll see what I mean.

      • ThrowawayOnLemmy
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        810 months ago

        In order for us to find out if someone’s actually beyond help or not, we should probably try to help them first. That never happened. We can’t just assume people can’t be helped if we never tried.

      • @20hzservers
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        610 months ago

        It’s almost laughable that you say that in a thread where someone who didn’t get help and shot up a school is showing remorse once they got help. What is your point exactly?

        • @chitak166
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          -1010 months ago

          What is your point exactly?

          • @QuaternionsRock
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            610 months ago

            That even if some people are beyond help, there is no evidence that this person is.

            • @chitak166
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              -810 months ago

              I totally agree, but I asked him.

              • @QuaternionsRock
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                410 months ago

                I answered for them, because it’s quite obvious what their intent was.

                • @chitak166
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                  -710 months ago

                  Oh, I just thought he could speak for himself.