Overview

• Jennifer Crumbley, the first U.S. parent convicted for their role in a school shooting, is appealing her conviction, citing prosecutorial misconduct over undisclosed witness agreements.
• Crumbley's attorneys argue that deals with two Oxford High School employees, Nick Ejak and Shawn Hopkins, were not shared with the defense, violating legal disclosure rules.
• Prosecutors maintain that the agreements with the witnesses did not involve promises or threats and were unrelated to testimony, but the judge acknowledged a potential violation of protocol.
• The case centers on Crumbley's alleged failure to prevent her son, Ethan Crumbley, from carrying out a 2021 mass shooting that killed four students, using a gun she and her husband had purchased for him.
• The judge has not yet decided whether to grant a new trial, though other arguments presented by Crumbley's legal team have already been rejected.