Should parents be guilty for their children’s crimes? In a historic first, the parents of school shooter Ethan Crumbley have been sentenced to a minimum of ten years in prison for "involuntary homicide".
Killer’s mum and dad face decade in prison
Crumbling down: James and Jennifer Crumbley were convicted after their son shot dead four students. Glossary
Book of Ezekiel - One of the major books in the Christian Bible, recording visions of the prophet Ezekiel.
Righteous - Being morally correct.
Homicide - When one person kills another.
Juvenile - A juvenile is a child or young person who is not yet old enough to be regarded as an adult.
Michigan - A state in the northern USA.
Delinquency - Wrongdoing and lawlessness.
Progressive - In a political context, the belief that society can be transformed in the interests of ordinary people. It is normally associated with the politics of the left.
Scapegoat - A person who is made to take the blame for the wrongdoings of others. The term originates from a ceremony during the Jewish holy day Yom Kippur, in which the sins of the people were symbolically placed upon a goat. The goat was then sent into the wilderness.
Systemic - Something that is deeply rooted in a system or society.
Classist - The belief that people from certain social or economic classes are superior to others.
Quintile - One of five equal measurements when a data set has been separated into five parts.