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Some sanity at last...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68773119

"The parents of a Michigan teenager who shot dead four students have each been sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison.

A seven-year sentence was recommended, but prosecutors asked for more.

James and Jennifer Crumbley, the first parents of a US school shooter to be convicted, appeared together for the first time in months at Tuesday's sentencing hearing.

Both expressed regret about their son's attack, as their lawyers pushed to minimise their prison sentence.

In a landmark case, jurors in separate trials found each parent of shooter Ethan Crumbley guilty of involuntary manslaughter earlier this year.

Judge Cheryl Matthews said that the expanded sentence of 10 to 15 years was "to act as a deterrent" and reflected the parents' failure to stop the attack.

"They [parents] are not expected to be psychic. But these convictions are not about poor parenting. They concern acts that could have halted a runaway train."

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Americans practice some typical exceptionalism by refusing to worry about events in the Middle East and shooting up the surrounding streets instead. Chicago and Los Angeles. Fortunately the casualties were few.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/8-shot-including-3-children-in-back-of-the-yards-chicago-police-say/

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/man-in-custody-after-allegedly-firing-as-many-as-50-rounds-from-balcony-of-marina-del-rey-complex/  

 

 

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