Ethan Crumbley, now 18, pleaded guilty to 24 charges, including one count of terrorism and four counts of first-degree murder.
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Teenager who killed 4 in Michigan high school shooting appeals life sentence
A teenager who was convicted of fatally shooting
four students at his high school in Michigan is appealing his
life sentence, his attorneys announced Friday.
Officials with the state Appellate Defender Office said in a statement that they have filed a request for Ethan Crumbley to be resentenced.
Crumbley, now 18,
pleaded guilty to 24 charges, including one count of terrorism and four counts of first-degree murder, and was sentenced in December to life without parole. He was 15 at the time of the shooting.
His lawyers said new evidence shows seven witnesses could have testified about Ethan’s troubled childhood, his mother’s alcohol abuse during her pregnancy, and the potential impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder on Ethan, including how it could have stunted his maturation.
They said the evidence also raises questions about whether Ethan knew what he was doing when he pleaded guilty to the 2021 shooting at Oxford High School, and stressed that children can change.
“A life without parole sentence for a child is unconscionable,” the office said.
The Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office did not immediately respond to a message Friday seeking comment on the appeal.