Michigan teenage killer’s parents seek mercy from judge

James Crumbley enters the Oakland County Courtroom (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP, Pool)

The parents of a Michigan teenage killer are asking a judge to keep them out of prison as they face sentencing for their role in an attack that killed four students in 2021.

Jennifer and James Crumbley are scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday for the close of a pioneering case: They are the first parents convicted in a US mass school shooting.