Judging Freedom - INSTANT REACTION: Michigan Shooter's Parents Arrested

Episode Date: December 3, 2021

Today on Judging Freedom, Judge Napolitano explains the charging of the Michigan parents whose son killed four people and injured seven. An update from Yahoo News: The parents charged in connection with this week's deadly shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan are returning to town for their arraignment, their attorney said, after detectives announced they were trying to locate the couple. James and Jennifer Crumbley were each charged Friday with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. Their son, 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, allegedly used his father's semi-automatic handgun in the Tuesday shooting that killed four and injured seven.  #Liberatarian #JudgeNapolitano #MichiganSchoolShooterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Resolve to earn your degree in the new year in the Bay with WGU. WGU is an online accredited university that specializes in personalized learning. With courses available 24-7 and monthly start dates, you can earn your degree on your schedule. You may even be able to graduate sooner than you think by demonstrating mastery of the material you know. Make 2025 the year you focus on your future. Learn more at wgu.edu. Judge the Politano here with a special edition of Judging Freedom this Friday afternoon where craziness continues in the state of Michigan. A young man, a 15-year-old Ethan Crumbly, is accused of murdering four students in a high school and severely injuring eight others using a gun that was bought for him as a Christmas gift by his father. The prosecutor has determined that the parents so recklessly dealt with the gun in

their house, they didn't know where the gun was, didn't know that their son had the gun in school, knew that their son had some mental issues, and let him take the gun anyway. So while the 15-year-old is to be charged as an adult with first-degree murder, the prosecutor announces that she will ask her grand jury to indict the parents for criminally negligent homicide. Now there's two definitions to that in Michigan. One of the definitions is providing the means by which another person kills. The other definition, the standard one, is recklessness with regard to a dangerous instrumentality, recklessness so severe that somebody dies. Either of these definitions will fit the charges

against the parents who, according to the prosecutor, were aware of their son's fantasies about killing people and let him take a gun to school anyway. Now, to make matters even more complicated, the parents are on the run. It's insane for them to be on the run. They may have legitimate defenses to this. They may have even been entitled to bail once they surrendered their weapons. But now, once they are caught, and they will be caught, there's a massive manhunt pursuing them. They won't get bail, and they'll be in jail, not the same facility as their son, and they'll be charged with criminally negligent homicide. This is a tragedy that doesn't seem to end. The charges against the boy are serious, and the evidence is overwhelming.

The charges against the parents are serious, and the evidence is overwhelming. All of this will fall into the hands of the Oakland County Prosecutor, which is the county outside of Detroit, where the killing occurred and where the parents and the boy lived. One would think that these cases will result in guilty pleas rather than jury trials. It is unusual for these mass killings to end in jury trials simply because the pain of the victims is so severe. The state doesn't want to put them through reliving that pain by forcing them to come into a courtroom and testify about it. As to the parents, it's a head scratcher. I mean, if the police are looking for you, even if you feel the charge is unjust and you're absolutely guilty, you ought to show up because leaving, fleeing,

is a sign of the awareness of guilt and only adds to the charges against you. Judge Napolitano, judging freedom. Resolve to earn your degree in the new year in the Bay with WGU. With courses available online 24-7 and monthly start dates, WGU offers maximum flexibility so you can focus on your future. Learn more at wgu.edu.