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Parents of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley appeal order to stand trial

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The parents of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley have filed appeals to the Michigan Supreme Court after an appeals court ruled they will stand trial in the case. The parents of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley have filed appeals to the Michigan Supreme Court after a lower court ruled they had to stand trial in the case. Jennifer and James Crumbley have pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the Nov. 30, 2021, mass shooting at Oxford High School. Their son, Ethan Crumbley, who was 15 at the time, allegedly used James Crumbley's semi-automatic handgun to kill four students and injure several others. Last year, the teenager pleaded guilty to all charges against him, including terrorism and murder. Jennifer Crumbley and her husband James Crumbley, parents of Ethan Crumbley, appear in 6th Circuit Court for their pretrial hearing with defense attorney Mariell Lehman, March 22, 2022, in Pontiac, Mich. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Jennifer...

Trae Young has never been the elite shooter his reputation suggests, and the numbers continue to show that

In January of 2021, I wrote a story with the following headline : "Trae Young's ill-advised 3-pointer tells larger tale: An average shooter who thinks he's Steph Curry." I got skewered for it. Told I know nothing about basketball. Next thing I know I'm defending my words on an Atlanta radio show as though they were based on something other than indisputable facts.  Trae Young wasn't an elite shooter then.  And he's still not an elite shooter now.  Understand, I'm not talking about Young's shooting talent, which clearly isn't cut from average fabric. I'm capable, believe it or not, of accounting for the difficulty of Young's shot diet, just as I understand that the shots he takes are his decision. Yes, we lend some statistical leeway to those tasked with conjuring up offense for themselves and everyone around them, and yes, a guy like Young is valuable beyond his a...