The father of the Michigan school shooter wants a new process, supports a secret business of immunity

Pontiac, me – following their convictions on four accusations, each of the murder, both parents of a school -shooter in Michigan have filed for new trials.

The latest request comes from James Crumbley, 48, whose lawyers submitted the motion to the Oakland District Court on February 28.

He quotes reasons similar to those included in Jennifer Crumbley’s motion, 46 years old, which her lawyers have submitted on December 2.

Their 18 -year -old son Ethan Crumbley, was guilty and executed a life sentence for a school shot who killed four students at Oxford High School on November 30, 2021.

A main argument is that the prosecutors have kept secret sample agreements, made with witnesses, with an impact on the correctness of the processes. A quality agreement takes place when a prosecutor agrees not to perceive a witness in exchange for truthful testimony.

The proffare agreements were issued by the Oakland County Prosecutor, Karen D. McDonald’s, in March 2024, following Jennifer’s and James Crumbley’s sentence and sentences.

The agreements were concluded with the lawyers representing the former dean of the Oxford High School of Nicholas Ejak students and the orientation counselor Shawn Hopkins, who testified in the separate trials of the parents and never faced criminal charges.

The agreements concluded with their lawyers say that the purpose was to obtain truthful information, “including information on possible criminal activities” and “no promises of favorable examination”.

The same agreement also states: “This office will not provide any statement of character made by you or your client in the case of this office in any criminal prosecution of your client”

“No one received an agreement and no one promised immunity because of the criminal prosecution,” Oakland’s chief prosecutor David Williams told Jennifer Crumbley. “The offer agreements are a common investigation tool that allows witnesses to share information with prosecutors. I offered the defense all the necessary discoveries, because they have the right in accordance with the law. “

Defense does not agree.

“To the extent that the criminal prosecution can argue that the prosecutor cannot grant immunity to a witness without judicial actions, the criminal prosecution is wrong,” said defense lawyers. “Our federal courts have repeatedly acknowledged that letters or evidence, such as the one in this case, grant an informal immunity subsidy to a witness.”

There are other applications in the 52 -page motion for a new filed by lawyer Alona Sharon on behalf of James Crumbley.

Among them is that Ethan Crumbley should have been available to testify to his parents’ trials.

As the teenager had already pleaded guilty and was convicted, Sharon wrote that the fifth changes used as a reason to not call him did not apply.

The circuit judge of Oakland County, Cheryl A. Matthews, was not pronounced on the motions from any parent.

They were accused of negligence of not being able to intervene when their son presented signs of emotional suffering and that he failed to prevent his son from accessing the weapon he used – an early Christmas gift – at the shooting.

The victims of the fatal shootings were: Madisyn Baldwin, 17 years; Tate Myre, 16 years old; Hana St. Juliana, 14; And Justin Shilling, 17. Six other students and one teacher also suffered injury injury.

Jennifer and James Crumbley each have been sentenced to at least 10 years in prison.

James Crumbley’s motion requests have given a new process or hearing to present evidence that can be used in a future call.