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Michigan school shooter's mother to stand trial for manslaughter in 4 student deaths

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The mother of a teenager who committed a mass school shooting in Michigan is headed to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges in an unusual effort to pin criminal responsibility on his parents for the deaths of four students.

Jennifer and James Crumbley are not accused of knowing their son planned to kill fellow students at Oxford High School in 2021. But prosecutors said they made a gun accessible, ignored his mental health needs and declined to take him home when confronted with his violent drawings at school on the day of the attack.

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