"Michigan School Shooter Receives Life Sentence: A Landmark Decision"

Ethan Crumbley, the teenage gunman responsible for the deadly school shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan in November 2021, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. This sentence is significant because it is rare and controversial to impose such a harsh penalty on a minor. Crumbley, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, became the first minor in over a decade to receive an original sentence of life without parole since the US Supreme Court banned mandatory life sentences for juveniles in 2012. The judge considered Crumbley's behavior before and during the shooting, including his obsession with violence, and concluded that rehabilitation in prison was unlikely. This case has sparked discussions about the sentencing of minors and the potential for rehabilitation.