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A US court rules James and Jennifer Crumbley, whose son killed four in a school attack, can be tried for manslaughter.

The parents of a teenager who killed four students at Oxford High School can face trial, the state appeals court said in a groundbreaking case of criminal responsibility for the acts of a child.

Judges and prosecutors accused James and Jennifer Crumbley of negligent behavior despite the fact that school officials at the time reached many of the same judgments.

DETROIT — Three Michigan Court of Appeals judges weighed arguments Tuesday about whether there is sufficient evidence to send the parents of the Oxford High School shooter to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges, raising questions about how foreseeable the shooting was to James and Jennifer Crumbley.