Georgia father’s conviction tests new frontier in school shooting cases

Georgia father’s conviction tests new frontier in school shooting cases

Experts say prosecutions of parents could reshape accountability for mass shootings in the USIn early March a Georgia man was convicted of murder nearly two years after his 14-year-old son allegedly shot and killed two students, two teachers and injured nine others. Though Colin Gray, 54, didn’t fire any shots and wasn’t at the school during the shooting, he was punished as such.Gray’s case marked the second time the parent of a school shooter in the US has faced a homicide charge, and legal exp...

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