Posted on 02/08/2024 12:03:58 PM PST by CFW
A mother has been found legally responsible for her son's crimes. Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter after her son, Ethan, took a gun to school and shot up his classmates, killing four of them. This is the first time that a parent has been held directly responsible for the crimes of their minor child. Mrs. Crumbley may have been a bad mom, of which there are many across the US. She's the first mom ever in the US to be convicted for her child's crime in this way.
Does the verdict against her spell trouble for the bad moms of all the teen killers in the United States? Prosecutors in the Michigan case claimed that Mrs. Crumbley did not prevent her 15-year-old son from harming others. Moms of violent 15-year-olds across the country can for sure relate. Her son Ethan is in prison for the rest of his life and now she faces 60 years in prison, essentially a death sentence for the middle-aged mom, for his crimes.
The verdict sets a shocking precedent for the parents of violence-prone children. Will all parents who have violent children be held accountable for that violence? Will only the parents of school shooters be held accountable? Or perhaps only the white parents of school shooters from basic middle-class families whose parents should know enough to take them to therapy?
[snip]
Children aged 15 are legally able, in many states, to obtain abortions, birth control, prescriptions, sex change drugs, medical care, without parental consent or awareness. Teens are given personal responsibility for countless actions, yet when it comes to this teen and this mom, she is meant to be personally accountable for his actions by failing to take actions prosecutors now claim would have helped Ethan.
(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...
Every law is used selectively these days.
This idea is full of conflicts. No idea how it will evolve.
Just white parents. Any and all punishments for whites are officially endorsed in Amerika.
Poorly
So, is Joetato responsible for Hunter’s crimes?
Was this a civil matter? Or criminal?
I believe she was indeed an accomplice to murder.
>>Is this type of action setting a precedent that will only be used selectively?
Given the state of our court system, it will absolutely be selectively enforced.
>>What about the inner city teen thug of a politician that robs a store or participates in a riot? Can/will that parent be held civilly liable for the damages?
IIRC, parents can already be held civilly liable for the actions of their children, it’s the criminal liability here that is new.
So many on anther thread here wanted Mom locked up. No thinking needed no precedent considered.
I was more than a little mournful for FreeRepublic of old where some brain stems still functioned.
“IIRC, parents can already be held civilly liable for the actions of their children, it’s the criminal liability here that is new.”
Oh fiddle-sticks. I mistyped. I meant to type “criminally liable” for their child’s actions.
Phooey. We need an edit button since that one word changes the meaning of my entire question. LOL!
For all practical reasons, yes.
Not if they are the wrong color......................
Another victim of lawfare.
If any school in the country has the right to get prescriptions for and administer them to transgender students without parental consent… they defacto are responsible for all actins at school. Can’t pick and choose.
This is simply #AmericanGulag #Lawfare
I thought the Constitution prohibited the sins of the father being visited upon the son so to speak.
I appreciate and welcome the conviction of the mother as responsible for her child. This should be the norm! Maybe more parents would take more care in where and what their kids were doing.
Trayvon Martin’s mom narrowly lost her race for a seat on the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners.
Does losing count as her punishment?
Anarcho-tyranny.
“Can/will that parent be held civilly liable for the damages?”
Yes. But Mom Crumbley was convicted CRIMINALLY, on top of any civil liability she has.
ONLY white parents will ever be prosecuted from this day forward. To do otherwise would be “racist”. Just as only white people can commit a hate crime.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.