Ethan Crumbley's new lawyers will try to keep him from testifying in parents' trials

(Detroit Free Press) On the eve of his parents' trials kicking off, Oxford school shooter Ethan Crumbley has dropped a bombshell: He is appealing his life-without-parole sentence — and his new lawyers plan to fight any efforts to get him to testify in his parents' historic case, according to new court documents.

The State Appellate Defender's Office disclosed these developments in a Monday court filing, one day before jury selection is set to begin for Jennifer Crumbley, who, like her husband, James, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 Oxford High School shooting in which their son killed four students and injured seven other people.

The son last month was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The appellate defender's office announced Monday that it has been assigned to represent the shooter in his appeal, but that it has not yet spoken to him. This information was detailed in a letter to the judge overseeing the parents' case. ..............(more)

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