Erik Ortiz is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital focusing on racial injustice and social inequality.
Closing arguments in the criminal trial of James Crumbley are set to begin Wednesday afternoon after the prosecution rested its case and his defense called only one witness following five days of testimony examining whether the Michigan father was partially responsible for his teenage son's 2021 school shooting. The race toward the trial's end came as Crumbley told Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Cheryl Matthews that 'it is my decision to remain silent.
Much of the evidence presented and the witnesses called by the prosecution paralleled the case against Jennifer Crumbley. But James Crumbley's trial has moved at a faster clip and with stark differences.
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James Crumbley told son there were 'people you can talk to' in meeting before shootingJames Crumbley faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the November 30, 2021, shooting at Oxford High School, in which Ethan killed four students and wounded six students and a teacher.
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Prosecutors say James Crumbley made threats from prison, judge limits his communicationsHe faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter in his son's school shooting.
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