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THE SINS OF THE MOTHER

IT WAS yet another day that will go down in infamy in a country where mass shootings are all too frequent.

Four teenagers shot dead by a schoolmate, another seven people injured, a community traumatised, a nation once again reeling in shock and outrage. The teenager who pulled the trigger was Ethan Crumbley, who was then 15 years old and is now serving a life sentence without parole.

But he isn’t the only person to be found guilty of the killings at Oxford High School in Detroit, Michigan, on 30 November 2021. In a recent historic judgement Ethan’s mom, Jennifer Crumbley, was convicted of manslaughter and could spend up to 15 years in jail.

She’s the first parent in the US to

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