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Michigan shooter's mother found guilty of manslaughter (archive.ph)

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– TheStupidPrizeWinner 18 points 323 days ago +18 / -0

Others say this case was so unusual that it is unlikely to have wider ramifications. "I don't fear that this is going to open the floodgates to parents being charged in a run of the mill case, if there is such a thing," said Frank Vandervort, a University of Michigan clinical professor of law.

precedent

noun

a decision about a particular legal case that makes it likely that other similar cases will be decided in the same way

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– Benevolentdictator 25 points 323 days ago +25 / -0

After reading the BBC archive, it's not clear to me what facts make this case "so unusual" that it is unique and can't be used to scapegoat others.

So the mother:

bought the kid a gun a few days before the incident with her husband
didn't get the child mental health care (look at all the cases of hospitals trooning kids out and calling CPS to kidnap your children)
left a school meeting early to get to work
had an affair and texted "that boy ain't right" to her lover

Fucking stupid to equate this to manslaughter with a sentence of 60 years.

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– TheStupidPrizeWinner 11 points 323 days ago +11 / -0

Yes, exactly. I was throwing out the legalese definition of precedent to also point out how stupid the quoted gentleman is.

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