Juliana, and injured seven other people on Nov. Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald began her closing argument Friday and said it wasn't easy to watch the trial and hear about how the four students were killed in the Oxford High School shooting. McDonald spoke about the facts of the case and explained involuntary manslaughter and gross negligence, and what it means for a defendant to be found guilty of these crimes.
It takes some really egregious facts. It takes the unthinkable, and she has done the unthinkable, and because of that, four kids have died. Jennifer Crumbley's attorney, Shannon Smith, delivered her closing arguments following McDonald's and spoke for more than 90 minutes. Crumbley is not guilty because she is not guilty and because a not guilty verdict is the only fair and just result in this case," Smith said.
After closing arguments, Judge Cheryl Matthews instructed the jury to return at 9 a. On Friday, the trial began with a dispute over text messages between Jennifer Crumbley and her defense attorney, Shannon Smith, before the mother was found in a Detroit studio space.
Chief Assistant Prosecutor David Williams said that because Jennifer Crumbley testified that she was waiting to turn herself in based on the advice of her attorney, then attorney-client privilege would be waived, and the court should be able to view these messages. Smith said that she had no idea Jennifer Crumbley would say this and asked for it to be struck from the record.
Jennifer Crumbley took the stand Friday for her cross-examination after Matthews determined that the text messages between the mother and her lawyer could be used in court. The prosecution asked questions about her horses, and she agreed that it was an expensive and time-consuming hobby.
