Judge grants request that Oxford school shooter's name not be used
Source: Associated Press
Judge grants request that school shooter’s name not be used
By COREY WILLIAMS
March 23, 2022
A judge has granted a prosecutor’s request that a Michigan teen charged in a fatal school shooting not be named in court during his parents’ separate criminal trial.
Oakland County Circuit Judge Cheryl Matthews in her ruling Monday ordered that Ethan Crumbley’s name not be spoken openly in court or used in writing in the case against James and Jennifer Crumbley.
“Calling the shooter by name does not appear to be relevant to these proceedings and prohibiting its use does not appear to prejudice the defense in any way,” Matthews ruled.
Prosecutor Karen McDonald filed a motion March 18 requesting that the boy’s name be withheld.
“I was relieved the judge understood the issue and took it seriously and recognizes the need that this doesn’t happen again,” McDonald said of the notoriety some school shooters attain.
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FILE - Jennifer Crumbley, left, and James Crumbley, right, the parents of Ethan Crumbley, a teenager accused of killing four students in a shooting at Oxford High School, appear in court for a preliminary examination on involuntary manslaughter charges in Rochester Hills, Mich. on Feb. 8, 2022. The Crumbleys return to court, Tuesday, March 22, for a pretrial hearing on involuntary manslaughter charges. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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