Mother of Michigan School Shooter Seeks New Trial Over Witness Agreements

Jennifer Crumbley, serving a 10-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter, claims prosecutors failed to disclose key witness deals during her trial.

Jennifer Crumbley, the first U.S. parent convicted for their role in a school shooting, is appealing her conviction, citing prosecutorial misconduct over undisclosed witness agreements.
Crumbley's attorneys argue that deals with two Oxford High School employees, Nick Ejak and Shawn Hopkins, were not shared with the defense, violating legal disclosure rules.
Prosecutors maintain that the agreements with the witnesses did not involve promises or threats and were unrelated to testimony, but the judge acknowledged a potential violation of protocol.
The case centers on Crumbley's alleged failure to prevent her son, Ethan Crumbley, from carrying out a 2021 mass shooting that killed four students, using a gun she and her husband had purchased for him.
The judge has not yet decided whether to grant a new trial, though other arguments presented by Crumbley's legal team have already been rejected.