Oxford High shooter’s parents have been in jail 600 days. Is $500K bond excessive?

Oxford High shooter’s parents have been in jail 600 days. Is $500K bond excessive?

• The average length of time a charged felon spends in jail prior to the resolution of their case is 45 days, according to a 2020 study of pretrial jailing in Michigan.
• Yet, for nearly 600 days, the presumed-innocent, yet-to-be-convicted parents of Oxford High shooter Ethan Crumbley have remained behind bars.

Jennifer, 45, and James Crumbley, 46, are each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, accused of negligence for purchasing and inadequately securing the gun their son used to kill four classmates on Nov. 30, 2021, and failing to intervene when he exhibited signs of potential violence and mental distress...