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Oxford High School shooter learns this week if he will spend the rest of his life in prison

Ethan Crumbley at sentencing hearing July 27, 2023
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Ethan Crumbley at sentencing hearing July 27, 2023

The teen who shot and killed classmates at Oxford High School two years ago faces sentencing this week. Shooter Ethan Crumbley could spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Months ago, after a series of emotional hearings, a judge determined that Ethan Crumbley was eligible for life-without-parole, even though he was only 15 at the time of the shooting.

Prosecutors argued Crumbley’s meticulous planning of the attack that took the lives of four classmates, and his desire to watch the result of the carnage, demands a life sentence.

Judge Kwame Rowe said he doubted Crumbley could be rehabilitated.

But Rowe could still hand the teen a sentence other than life, anywhere from a minimum of between 25 and 40 years in prison, to a maximum of 60 years.

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