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A New Strategy for Prosecuting School Shootings

Last week, after a shooting at Oxford High School in the suburbs of Detroit that left four teenagers dead, local prosecutors decided on a novel legal strategy that would extend criminal culpability beyond the 15-year-old accused of carrying out the attack. But could that strategy become a national model? Guest: Jack Healy, a national correspondent for The New York Times.
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07 Dec 2021
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Last week, after a shooting at Oxford High School in the suburbs of Detroit that left four teenagers dead, local prosecutors decided on a novel legal strategy that would extend criminal culpability beyond the 15-year-old accused of carrying out the attack. But could that strategy become a national model?

Guest: Jack Healy, a national correspondent for The New York Times.

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Background reading: 

  • Prosecutors say James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the 15-year-old accused of killing four classmates, failed to act on troubling signs. The parents pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges.
  • After a manhunt and an arraignment, scrutiny of them has intensified.

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This podcast is supported by TikTok. Sometimes the most interesting discoveries are the ones you weren't looking for. That happens every day on TikTok. A science experiment can spark a whole new interest. A recipe you stumble upon can become a meal you make for the people you love. And a restaurant you've never heard of might become your new favorite spot. That's the thing about TikTok. Follow your curiosity and see where it leads. Your next discovery is waiting on TikTok. From the New York Times, I'm Michael Habaro. This is The Daily. (upbeat music) Last week, we are following the breaking news of a shooting at a high school in Oxford, Michigan, outside of Detroit. When the shooting was over at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit. The four who lost their lives are 17-year-old Justin Schilling, 14-year-old Hannah St. Juliana, a 17-year-old Madison Baldwin and 16-year-old Tate Meyer. The suspected shooter is a sophomore, a 15-year-old classmate. He is in custody this morning. Local prosecutors decided on a novel legal strategy that would extend criminal culpability beyond the gunman himself. I spoke with my colleague, National Correspondent Jack Healy, about what's behind that strategy and whether it could become a national model. (upbeat music) It's Tuesday, December 7th. Jack, you have covered a depressingly large number of mass shootings and we know that because we've talked to you about a lot of them here on The Daily. So I'm curious what you were thinking when you learned about this latest shooting in Michigan? I think the response from a journalist like me is not too dissimilar from that of the American public, which is my God, not again. But after that, I and my colleagues had to get to work. So we started calling the local law enforcement officials. We reached out to witnesses on the ground, students who had fled from the shooting, all of the things that unfortunately, we have gotten too practiced at doing

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Last week, after a shooting at Oxford High School in the suburbs of Detroit that left four teenagers dead, local prosecutors decided on a novel legal strategy that would extend criminal culpability beyond the 15-year-old accused of carrying out the attack. But could that strategy become a national model? Guest: Jack Healy, a national correspondent for The New York Times.