Michigan School Shooting Victims Speak as Teen Faces Possible Life Sentence

PONTIAC, Mich.—Parents of students killed at Michigan’s Oxford High School described the anguish of losing their children Friday as a judge considered whether a teenager will serve a life sentence for a mass shooting in 2021. Crime victims in Michigan have a right to speak in court, and Judge Kwame Rowe repeatedly acknowledged the tension, emotions and despair during the final hearing in suburban Detroit. “Your statements,” Rowe said, “do not fall on deaf ears.” Ethan Crumbley, 17, could be locked up with no chance for parole for killing four fellow students and wounding others, a punishment sought by the Oakland County prosecutor....