Michigan School Shooter Case Shows Risks of Novel Prosecutions

December 16, 2021, 11:00 AM UTC

We’re back with another edition of Opening Argument, a column where I dig into complicated legal fights, unpack issues dividing appeals courts, and discuss disputes ripe for Supreme Court review. Today we’re looking at the case against the parents of the alleged Michigan school shooter.

A 15-year-old boy was the one who allegedly pulled the trigger and killed four of his classmates in a Michigan school shooting that wounded seven other people last month, but the county prosecutor charged the kid and his parents.

Charging the parents was an unusual step that signals prosecutors are looking, in the absence of ...

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