Michigan teen gets life in prison for Oxford High School attack
A teenager was sentenced to life in prison Friday for killing four students, wounding more and terrorizing Michigan바카라 게임 웹사이트s Oxford High School in 2021.
A judge rejected pleas for a shorter sentence and ensured that Ethan Crumbley, 17, will not get an opportunity for parole.
Life sentences for teenagers are rare in Michigan since the U.S. Supreme Court and the state바카라 게임 웹사이트s highest court said the violent acts of minors must be viewed differently than the crimes of adults.
Judge Kwame Rowe바카라 게임 웹사이트s decision followed anguished remarks by families of the deceased and survivors who spoke about how the tragedy has affected them.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Your statements,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Rowe said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트do not fall on deaf ears.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Crumbley, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty to 24 charges, including first-degree murder and terrorism.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We are miserable. We miss Tate,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Buck Myre, the father of Tate Myre. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Our family has a permanent hole in it that can never be fixed 바카라 게임 웹사이트 ever.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Nicole Beausoleil recalled seeing the body of her daughter, Madisyn Baldwin, at the medical examiner's office, her hand with blue-painted fingernails sticking out from a covering.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I looked though the glass. My scream should have shattered it,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Beausoleil said.
The shooter pleaded guilty to all 24 charges in the shooting, including first-degree murder and terrorism.
Jill Soave, the mother of Justin Shilling, told the shooter that he executed a boy who could have helped him navigate awkward teenage years.
바카라 게임 웹사이트If you were that lonely, that miserable and lost, and you really needed a friend, Justin would have been your friend 바카라 게임 웹사이트 if only you had asked,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Soave said.
Crumbley, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, looked down as Soave and others spoke. He also will have an opportunity to address the judge and possibly explain why he believes he should be spared a life sentence.
Kylie Ossege explained how she had urged Hana St. Juliana a 바카라 게임 웹사이트thousand times바카라 게임 웹사이트 to keep breathing while they waited for help on a blood-soaked carpet. Her classmate died.
Ossege, now a college student, was shot and continues to struggle with daily pain from spinal injuries.
Video below: Nicole Beausoleil, Madisyn Baldwin's mother, at Michigan school shooting sentencing
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Defense attorney Paulette Michel Loftin has argued Crumbley deserves an opportunity for parole after his 바카라 게임 웹사이트sick brain바카라 게임 웹사이트 is fixed through counseling and rehabilitation.
But St. Juliana's father scoffed at that possibility.
"There can be no rehabilitation,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Steve St. Juliana told the judge. 바카라 게임 웹사이트There is absolutely nothing the defendant can do to earn my forgiveness. His age plays no part.바카라 게임 웹사이트
In a journal, the shooter wrote about his desire to watch students suffer and the likelihood that he would spend his life in prison. He made a video on the eve of the shooting, declaring what he would do the next day.
More than 20 people gave victim-impact statements by early Friday afternoon. Some wore shirts honoring the fallen students. The judge briefly allowed a framed photo of Myre to be placed near him.
Speakers recalled the day and its aftermath in details large and small. One woman said she's still anxious simply pulling into Meijer, a big-box store where families reunited immediately after the shooting.
Linda Watson said her son, Aiden, who was shot in the leg, still doesn't go to school for a full day. She recalled the family staying in a hotel because a nail gun being used in her neighborhood sounded like a real gun to him.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Aiden will be dealing with this for the rest of his life. ... This shooter 바카라 게임 웹사이트 this monster 바카라 게임 웹사이트 should have to feel everything hard and painful for the rest of his life," Watson said.
Video below: Kylie Ossege at Michigan school shooting sentencing
Like their son, Jennifer and James Crumbley are locked up in the county jail. They are awaiting trial on involuntary manslaughter charges, accused of making a gun accessible at home and neglecting the shooter's mental health.
Crumbley and his parents met with school staff on the day of the shooting after a teacher noticed violent drawings. But no one checked his backpack for a gun and he was allowed to stay.
The shooting happened in Oxford Township, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) north of Detroit. Besides the four students who were killed, six more students and a teacher also were wounded.
The Oxford school district hired an outside group to conduct an independent investigation. A report released in October said 바카라 게임 웹사이트missteps at each level바카라 게임 웹사이트 바카라 게임 웹사이트 school board, administrators, staff 바카라 게임 웹사이트 contributed to the tragedy.
Crumbley's behavior in class, including looking at a shooting video and gun ammunition on his phone, should have identified him as a 바카라 게임 웹사이트potential threat of violence,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the report said.