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Watch: Testimony from victims and loved ones of those who died in the 2021 Oxford High School shooting

Watch: Testimony from victims and loved ones of those who died in the 2021 Oxford High School shooting
With that. The court having read the P SI and being fully familiar with the defendant. And the underlying facts of this case believes that it is in the best interest of justice as well as proportionate to the needs of this case to sentence. Defendant as follows as it relates to do 2022 279506 FC count one terrorism causing death. Census of the court is that defendant shall serve life without the possibility of parole credit for eight days served counts two through five homicide, first degree premeditated murder, juvenile defendant c of the courts that finish shall serve the rest of his life without the possibility of parole with the Michigan Department of Corrections. Credit for eight days served on count six through 12 assault with intent to murder on each of the counts. Defendant is sentenced to 18 years and nine months to 80 years with the Michigan Department of Corrections credit for eight days served on counts 13 through 24. Those being felony. Firearm defendant is sentenced to two years with the Michigan Department of Corrections on each of those counts with credit for 730 days served. Counts one through 12 are concurrent to each other and count 13 through 24 are concurrent to each other. Count. One is consecutive to count. 13, count two is consecutive to count. 14, count three is consecutive to count. 15. Count four is consecutive to count. 16. Count five is consecutive to count. 17. Count six is consecutive to count. 18. Count seven is consecutive to count. 19 count eight is consecutive to count 20 count nine is consecutive to count 21. Count 10 is consecutive to count 22. Count 11 is consecutive to 23 and count 12 is consecutive to count 24. All of those consecutive counts are by reason of the felony firearm statute. Is there *** challenge to restitution? Here is your honor. Thank you. Restitution will be set in the amount of $20,781.
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Watch: Testimony from victims and loved ones of those who died in the 2021 Oxford High School shooting
A teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for killing four students, wounding more and terrorizing Michigan’s Oxford High School in 2021. A judge Friday rejected pleas for a shorter sentence and ensured that Ethan Crumbley, 17, will not get an opportunity for parole. Life sentences for teenagers are rare in Michigan since the U.S. Supreme Court and the state’s highest court said the violent acts of minors must be viewed differently than the crimes of adults.Judge Kwame Rowe’s decision followed anguished remarks by families of the deceased and survivors who spoke about how the tragedy has affected them.Watch some of the compelling victim testimonies below.Nicole Beausoleil recalled seeing the body of her daughter, Madisyn Baldwin, at the medical examiner's office, her hand with blue-painted fingernails sticking out from a covering.“I looked though the glass. My scream should have shattered it,” Beausoleil said.Watch Beausoleil's testimony in the video below.Kylie Ossege described in detail how she had urged Hana St. Juliana a “thousand times” to keep breathing while they waited for help on a blood-soaked carpet. Her classmate died.Ossege, now a college student, was shot and continues to struggle with daily pain from spinal injuries.“Being able to swing a leg over my horse is my therapy. It is pure joy,” she said of Blaze. “I have not been able to do it for two years.”Watch Ossege's testimony in the video below.“We are miserable. We miss Tate,” said Buck Myre, the father of Tate Myre. “Our family has a permanent hole in it that can never be fixed — ever.”More than 20 people gave victim-impact statements by early Friday afternoon. Some wore shirts honoring the fallen students. The judge briefly allowed a framed photo of Myre to be placed near him.Watch Myre's full testimony in the video.

A teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for killing four students, wounding more and terrorizing Michigan’s Oxford High School in 2021.

A judge Friday rejected pleas for a shorter sentence and ensured that Ethan Crumbley, 17, will not get an opportunity for parole.

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Life sentences for teenagers are rare in Michigan since the U.S. Supreme Court and the state’s highest court said the violent acts of minors must be viewed differently than the crimes of adults.

Judge Kwame Rowe’s decision followed anguished remarks by families of the deceased and survivors who spoke about how the tragedy has affected them.

Watch some of the compelling victim testimonies below.


Nicole Beausoleil recalled seeing the body of her daughter, Madisyn Baldwin, at the medical examiner's office, her hand with blue-painted fingernails sticking out from a covering.

“I looked though the glass. My scream should have shattered it,” Beausoleil said.

Watch Beausoleil's testimony in the video below.


Kylie Ossege described in detail how she had urged Hana St. Juliana a “thousand times” to keep breathing while they waited for help on a blood-soaked carpet. Her classmate died.

Ossege, now a college student, was shot and continues to struggle with daily pain from spinal injuries.

“Being able to swing a leg over my horse is my therapy. It is pure joy,” she said of Blaze. “I have not been able to do it for two years.”

Watch Ossege's testimony in the video below.


“We are miserable. We miss Tate,” said Buck Myre, the father of Tate Myre. “Our family has a permanent hole in it that can never be fixed — ever.”

More than 20 people gave victim-impact statements by early Friday afternoon. Some wore shirts honoring the fallen students. The judge briefly allowed a framed photo of Myre to be placed near him.

Watch Myre's full testimony in the video.