A New Strategy for Prosecuting School Shootings

<p>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?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jack-healy">Jack Healy</a>, a national correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/us/crumbley-parents-charged-michigan-shooting.html"> involuntary manslaughter charges</a>.</li><li>After a manhunt and an arraignment, scrutiny of them<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/us/michigan-shooting-parents.html"> has intensified</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>